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The Engineer to Executive Translation Layer

https://refactoring.fm/p/the-engineer-executive-translation
11•lucidplot•1h ago

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lucidplot•1h ago
Non-paywalled version: https://www.annashipman.co.uk/jfdi/engineer-exec-translation...
ale•1h ago
If you’re a CTO who needs and engineering translator then maybe you’re the wrong person for the role.
aturek•1h ago
From TFA:

> Many CTOs, like me, have a strong engineering background, and so I will understand some of the requests you make without needing further explanation.

jet98•1h ago
Amen
jgbuddy•1h ago
Just don't work for non-technical people, problem solved. They're usually less successful anyways
thesumofall•1h ago
I‘m a technical exec and most of the advice rings true. Somewhere the translation from technical goals to business goals has to happen. Good leads will help with that and good engineers will come prepared
KK7NIL•1h ago
I was expecting this to be a transformer model fine-tuned to translate engineering to exec speak.
lucidplot•1h ago
how hard could that really be to implement

PAZ O.S. – A "Bio-Civic" Alignment Framework for Ethical LLMs

https://github.com/carropereziago-blip/PAZ-O.S-GLOBAL
1•PiSounds•21s ago•1 comments

FCC Poised to Exempt Amateurs from Foreign Adversary Reporting Requirements

https://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-poised-to-exempt-amateurs-from-foreign-adversary-reporting-requirem...
1•7402•1m ago•0 comments

FTC Finalizes Order Banning GM from Sharing Driver Data

https://www.pcmag.com/news/ftc-finalizes-order-banning-gm-from-sharing-driver-data?test_uuid=04Ip...
3•CGMthrowaway•6m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Browser extension vs. native app for structured form filling?

1•livrasand•6m ago•0 comments

IETF@40

https://www.ietf.org/blog/ietf-40/
1•sohkamyung•9m ago•0 comments

Re: Mix: open-source repairable blender

https://github.com/openfunkHQ/reMix
1•rishikeshs•11m ago•0 comments

I thought Grammarly was essential. It wasn't

https://www.makeuseof.com/stopped-paying-for-grammarly-once-found-free-open-source-alternative/
1•chilipepperhott•20m ago•0 comments

I have settled on XChaCha20+Blake3 as the AE suite of choice for my projects

https://mccarty.io/chacha20-blake3/
2•enz•24m ago•0 comments

For profit university offers scholarship to RuneScape skill cape recipients

https://usv.edu/max-achievement-scholarship
1•rickcarlino•25m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Neurop Forge: Live Demo /Real AI Action

https://neurop-forge.onrender.com/demo/google
1•LBWasserman•25m ago•0 comments

"Freedom of Speech" Exists – But "Freedom of Reach" Is a Black Box

1•Ayanonymous•26m ago•1 comments

LimX COSA – Agentic OS for Humanoid Robots (YouTube)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hIqs3TBb5g
2•_medihack_•27m ago•0 comments

Do Cloudflare's Lava Lamps Do Anything?

https://notnotp.com/notes/do-cloudflares-lava-lamps-actually-do-anything/
2•enz•27m ago•1 comments

Emergent topological semimetal from quantum criticality

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-025-03135-w
1•bryanrasmussen•27m ago•0 comments

Eddy Goldfarb – The Man Who Invented More Than 800 Iconic Toys [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sKKan_Q9VU
1•embedding-shape•31m ago•0 comments

US moves to strip sovereign wealth investors of US tax perks

https://www.ft.com/content/de1968ab-3db3-4aa6-8489-35e7cdb81be7
4•alephnerd•32m ago•3 comments

Fix the two-party system with proportional representation

https://agrarianparty.org/platform/peoples-act
4•tedkimble•33m ago•1 comments

Before I forget how I got here

https://richhaase.com/blog/2026-01-14-before-i-forget-how-i-got-here/
1•richhhh•34m ago•1 comments

FAA warns on Central, South American flights over potential military actions

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/faa-issues-warnings-airlines-central-south-american-flight...
5•toomuchtodo•38m ago•2 comments

AT&T collapse:A single typo that shut down the US long-distance network

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_AT%26T_network_switching_system_collapse
2•xthe•39m ago•1 comments

Debian gnome team plans to kill GTK2

https://ludditus.com/2026/01/15/debian-has-its-retards-too-they-plan-to-kill-gtk2/
2•jandeboevrie•42m ago•0 comments

Install.md: A standard for LLM-executable installation

https://www.mintlify.com/blog/install-md-standard-for-llm-executable-installation
9•npmipg•44m ago•13 comments

Show HN: ExprTk High-Performance C++ Math Expression Parser Evaluation Engine

https://www.partow.net/programming/exprtk/index.html
3•exprtk•46m ago•0 comments

What happens to cities when the jobs leave?

https://deadneurons.substack.com/p/what-happens-to-cities-when-the-jobs
1•nr378•46m ago•0 comments

Drawbot: Let's hack something cute (2025)

https://www.atredis.com/blog/2025/9/30/drawbot-lets-hack-something-cute
11•notmine1337•46m ago•4 comments

Show HN: Polymcp Implements Ollama for Local and Cloud Model Execution

2•justvugg•47m ago•0 comments

Custom firmware for x4 eInk device

https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader
1•xteink•48m ago•0 comments

Radithor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radithor
2•radeeyate•50m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Paintracker.ca, a PWA pain tracker that keeps data on device by default

https://www.paintracker.ca/
1•crisiscore_sys•51m ago•1 comments

Iran, 200 hours of a nationwide internet and telecommunications blackout

https://www.dw.com/en/iran-protests-internet-communication-blackout-social-media/a-75487555
3•us321•53m ago•0 comments