Hi 馃憢 I鈥檓 Todd Utterback

I鈥檓 a software engineering leader, currently the Director of Engineering at SixFifty, a legal tech startup.

I care about building durable teams, software, and systems.

This site is a small collection of notes and essays on engineering, leadership, and life. That sounds big, but this is just me doing some thinking in public.

Recent thoughts

  1. Mend and Make Do
    路 Using what we already know with new agentic tooling
  2. The Efficiency Bargain
    路 What we're trading when we trade for speed
  3. The Official Engineering Leader of Utah Tech Week
    路 Participating in UTW from afar.
  4. The Golden Mean
    路 Vice <--> Virtue <--> Vice
  5. Why this site
    路 A calm place to think in public.

All thoughts

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