The Stack Overflow Podcast There is no golden path anymore: Engineering practices are being rewritten
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Jul 10, 2025 
Loïc Houssier, CTO at Superhuman and expert in AI-native solutions, shares insights on navigating shifts in engineering practices. He emphasizes the importance of 'aligned autonomy' to boost team efficiency in a fast-paced tech world. The conversation highlights how AI transforms workflows, enhances onboarding, and enables project momentum. They also delve into using performance metrics to drive team effectiveness, showcasing the blend of human oversight with AI tools to elevate productivity.
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Use Offsites to Align Teams
- Create intentional opportunities like offsites to build trust and alignment in remote teams.
- Use these moments to align strategy and values, enabling greater autonomous work.
Build Aligned Autonomy
- Foster aligned autonomy by aligning leaders on company strategy and values first.
- Once alignment is strong, empower teams to move faster independently with shared goals.
AI Experimentation Without Limits
- Superhuman empowered engineers to try any AI tools they wanted without red tape or budget worries.
- This fostered experimentation and adoption of a variety of AI tools across the company.