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I grew up in India, built my career across 25 years in Australia, and now call the US home. Each chapter gave me a different lens on engineering, leadership, and what it means to build teams that ship meaningful work. I write about the patterns I've seen — distilled into 5 practical steps you can use today.

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5 Steps to Set Up Atlassian MCP for VS Code

Last week I argued you should treat your AI agent like a real developer. This week, I'll show you how — connecting VS Code to Jira through Atlassian's MCP server and building a Next.js landing page entirely from tracked tickets.

Mar 21, 2026 · 4 min read

Career & Leadership

5 Steps to Treat Your AI Agent Like a Real Developer

The teams getting real value from AI coding agents aren't writing better prompts — they're applying the same project management discipline they'd use with any developer.

Mar 13, 2026 · 4 min read

Career & Leadership

5 Steps to Introduce Stage-Gate Thinking to Your Engineering Team

Cooper's decision-making framework already describes what good teams do — naming it gives you leverage.

Mar 8, 2026 · 4 min read

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