Archive - Hybrid Hacker

June 2025

The Pyramid of Motivation 🏔️

A practical guide on motivating your engineering team, and yourself.

Jun 26 •

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Nicola Ballotta

Monolith vs Microservices 🗿

All the technical and organizational tradeoffs and how to choose between them, or anything in between.

Jun 19 •

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Nicola Ballotta

How to Plan for Maintenance 🛠️

The best strategies including cycling, swim lanes, the boy scout rule, backlogs, and more.

Jun 12 •

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Nicola Ballotta

Life of a Startup CTO 👑

What is your job as a CTO as you move through various stages of your company growth.

Jun 5 •

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Nicola Ballotta

May 2025

Feature Flags 🚩

The unsung heroes of continuous delivery.

May 29 •

When Should You Hire? 🤔

How to figure out if your team needs more engineers — or not.

May 22 •

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Nicola Ballotta

How to Grow Your Personal Network 🍻

A no-nonsense guide for engineers and introverts.

May 15 •

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Nicola Ballotta

How to Run Skip Level 1:1s 🔀

Why you need them and how to have good ones

May 8 •

How to Relieve Stress 🧑‍🚒

Understanding the sources of stress, monitoring your state effectively, and tips and strategies to defuse burnout.

May 1 •

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Nicola Ballotta

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