Obi Baratt/Engineering Leader, Speaker, and Community Builder

An emerging engineering leader writing and speaking about engineering judgment, AI adoption, startup pragmatism, and the connective tissue that helps technical communities grow.

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When Work Accelerates Away from Understanding

An essay on how AI can increase engineering speed while raising the cost of poor context, and why teams need context stewardship to preserve review, operations, and ownership.

June 6, 2026Playful Programming
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  • ai
  • leadership
  • engineering judgment
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