https://blog.vnykmshr.com/writing/tags/leadership/Recent content in Leadership on vnykmshrHugoenTue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.vnykmshr.com/writing/the-codebase-heard-them/Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.vnykmshr.com/writing/the-codebase-heard-them/<p>There was a dev I worked with for years, a few hours ahead of me, never met face to face, who would not say a word in any meeting we shared.</p> <p>Sprint planning, design discussions, retros. The PM would speak, the leads would speak, QA would speak, EM would speak. I would speak. The dev would listen, take their notes, and stay quiet. Not because they had nothing to say. While everyone else was shaping the discussion, they were a few steps ahead, working it out in their head.</p>