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

All thoughts

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