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Vibe Coding in the Enterprise: Opportunities, Limitations, and Legal Caution

Vibe coding—using AI to generate software with minimal input—offers speed and flexibility for greenfield enterprise projects but raises legal, architectural, and operational risks in complex or regulated domains. This article explores when to use vibe coding, where it falls short, and how to implement it responsibly to accelerate innovation without exposing your organization to compliance or IP issues.

Brandon Wilburn

May 19, 2025

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Security, Resilience & Compliance

Engineering Practice & Excellence

Protecting Your IP When Using Open-Source: Policy, Practice, and Automation

Using open-source libraries can accelerate product delivery—but if left unchecked, they can introduce legal risk and threaten your company’s intellectual property. Learn how to identify and mitigate restrictive licenses, build proper attribution workflows, and integrate tools like Black Duck SCA to stay compliant and protected.

Brandon Wilburn

May 01, 2025

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Leadership & Culture

Tools, Reviews & Recommendations

The Catalyst: Applying Jonah Berger’s Framework to Medium-Sized Enterprises

Jonah Berger’s The Catalyst outlines how to overcome resistance to change by removing barriers instead of pushing harder. This article applies his five-part framework—Reactance, Endowment, Distance, Uncertainty, and Corroborating Evidence—to the unique challenges and leadership contexts of medium-sized enterprises.

Brandon Wilburn

April 01, 2025

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Security, Resilience & Compliance

Engineering for Operational Resiliency: Creating a Fault-Tolerant Organization

In today’s always-on digital economy, downtime is more than a nuisance—it’s a strategic risk. This article explores how technology organizations can build operational resiliency by designing fault-tolerant systems, auditing their delivery pipelines, and preparing for security threats and disasters. Learn how to create an engineering culture that thrives under pressure and ensures continuity—whether facing a data center outage, regional fire, or zero-day vulnerability. From architectural blueprints to blameless postmortems, this guide provides a systematic approach to business continuity and uptime.

Brandon Wilburn

March 01, 2025

Leadership & Culture

Security, Resilience & Compliance

Leading Through Crisis: A Personal Reflection on Engineering Leadership During the Onset of the Russia-Ukraine War

When the Russia-Ukraine war began, our carefully crafted continuity plans quickly proved inadequate. What followed was a crash course in adaptive leadership—balancing business delivery, team cohesion, and human support in the face of unpredictable and rapidly unfolding events.

Brandon Wilburn

February 24, 2025

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Leadership & Culture

Career Growth & Executive Transition

Leader or Leading, and Why: Applying Simon Sinek's Golden Circle to the Medium-Sized Enterprise

In this leadership-focused article, we explore Simon Sinek's foundational idea of 'Start With Why' and how it applies to medium-sized enterprises. We'll break down how identifying your personal and organizational 'Why' transforms influence into impact—and turns managers into leaders.

Brandon Wilburn

January 01, 2025

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