Your Code is Not the Most Important
I wrote High Output Software Engineering, a short book about the skills (decision-making and communication) engineers must focus on to create real value for organizations (other than code itself). The title is a reference to High Output Management, by Andrew Grove, because the skills and mental models laid out in the book should enhance "Output" (value being created) not necessarily "activity" (code being produced). My goal now is to spread the word about the book and put it in the hands of people or companies that will benefit from it. I've heard it's being specially helpful for startup…
Your Code is Not the Most Important launched on January 31, 2026 with 5 votes, #3,400 of 14,584 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
Learn battle-tested mental models for better decision making, excellent communication, and navigating organizations to accelerate your software engineering career.
Code is being commoditized by AI. Stay relevant by focusing on value creation skills. Understand value as helping people save time and reduce stress—and why code itself should be seen as technical debt. Feel confident making the really hard calls related to architecture trade-offs, when (and how much) to test, feature scoping, planning vs. execution. Become the person teammates trust, rely on, and actually enjoy working with. How to get things done if you feel blocked by bureaucracy in bigger organizations. Leonardo tackles something most developers miss: what actually creates value. What stood out to me is how aligned this is with how I've always seen software—it's absurd to build things…from leomax.fyi
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I wrote High Output Software Engineering, a short book about the skills (decision-making and communication) engineers must focus on to create real value for organizations (other than code itself). The title is a reference to High Output Management, by Andrew Grove, because the skills and mental models laid out in the…
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