Writing
Notes on engineering leadership, payments at scale, and building with AI agents. The companion blog to munadmahinoor.com.
What a few rounds of layoffs have taught me
Layoffs stopped being an event and became a condition of the industry. Four things I have learned from sitting through more than one, written for the people who have too.
What to do with headcount you did not ask for
Growing a team while the industry contracts, and what to do with the headcount you did not choose. A reorg transfer, a contractor against a budget line you never saw, a req nobody asked you whether you wanted.
You can't vibe feels
Agentic coding can produce what it cannot judge. When the quality bar is a feeling, your intuition is the part worth sharpening.
How I built this site with an agent workforce
Directing coding agents like ramping a new direct report. The bar flows from you to the agent, not the other way around.
Announcing the blog
A short note on why this blog exists and what I plan to write here.