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The Player-Coach Manager Playbook — Why Coordination-Only Leadership Is Losing Value

Originally published at https://expertlinked.in/posts/2026-05-10-career-mechanics-player-coach-manager-playbook/

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Oct 24, 2025

Spec-driven development (1/2)

Part 1: Sweet memory that belonged to the past

Spec-driven development (1/2)

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Oct 31, 2025

Spec-driven development (2/2): Mini-spec-driven development

Part 2: Spec-driven + Vibe coding -> my secret formula

Spec-driven development (2/2): Mini-spec-driven development

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Oct 29, 2023

A Layoff’s Checklist

“Fortune favors the prepared mind”

A Layoff’s Checklist

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Jun 26

Shorten URL With Hugo and Front Matter Utils

Implement your own URL shortener

Shorten URL With Hugo and Front Matter Utils

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Jun 26

Workplace Clinic: When Your Performance Review Includes an AI Score

A practical guide for professionals being rated on AI usage frequency — not outcomes — and how to reframe the conversation before it…

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Jun 24

The Output Signal Protocol — How to Make Your Work Land When Everyone Is Producing at AI Speed

ExpertLinkedIn: Career Mechanics

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Jun 24

How ASEAN Fintech and Industry Signals Are Converging into New Capital Flow Bets

SEA Weekly Episode 17

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May 4

SEA Weekly: The 8% Decree — When the State Becomes Your Platform’s Largest Stakeholder

At a May Day rally in front of thousands of workers at Jakarta’s National Monument on May 1, 2026, President Prabowo Subianto announced…

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Apr 1

Blowfish Hugo theme: Carousel homepage layout

I vibe-engineered the feature in less than an hour

Blowfish Hugo theme: Carousel homepage layout

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Engineering Lead. I write about software development, and sometimes writing itself. Mostly original. https://bit.ly/geraldnguyen

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