Ciao, this is

Gabriele Cimato

Forever tinkering, forever learning, forever growing.

Born in Florence (Italy), living in Austin (Texas). I'm a Director of Engineering @ MongoDB.

Writing

The Art of Being a Boring Leader

2025/02/13
Aspiring to make performance reviews a breeze

Performance Reviews should carry no surprises, revisit the communication with your manager if they do.

Latest Thoughts

You Can't Solve Focus

2025/02/18
It's a journey

Pragmatism

2025/02/03
Practicality uber alles

Latest Reviews

The Magic Order Vol 4 book cover

The Magic Order Vol 4

2025/02/10
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Dawnshard book cover

Dawnshard

2025/01/15
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Oathbringer book cover

Oathbringer

2024/12/31
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Fundamentals of Software Architecture book cover

Fundamentals of Software Architecture

2024/12/30
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