A low bus factor isn’t a flex—it’s a liability. If your team falls apart when one dev takes PTO, you don’t have a hero… you have a leadership problem. It’s time to stop celebrating knowledge hoarding and start building teams that can actually breathe.
If you need to approve every task, comment on every PR, and hover in every meeting—you’re not leading, you’re just controlling. Real leadership starts where control ends. Here’s how to stop being the bottleneck and start building trust.
Shaming developers for security mistakes doesn’t build safer systems—it builds fear. In this post, we break down why “Security by Shame” is toxic, ineffective, and the fastest way to lose trust (and talent).