--- title: Why I’m Writing Rachel’s Ramblings | daily.dev description: Rachel Laycock, Global CTO at Thoughtworks, introduces her new writing series called Rachel's Ramblings. She reflects on why she hasn't been publicly sharing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-i-m-writing-rachel-s-ramblings-bn8hrp5y3 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why I’m Writing Rachel’s Ramblings | daily.dev og:description: Rachel Laycock, Global CTO at Thoughtworks, introduces her new writing series called Rachel's Ramblings. She reflects on why she hasn't been publicly sharing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-i-m-writing-rachel-s-ramblings-bn8hrp5y3 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bN8Hrp5Y3.png og:image:alt: Why I’m Writing Rachel’s Ramblings og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why I’m Writing Rachel’s Ramblings **[Martin Fowler](https://daily.dev/sources/mafo)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Rachel Laycock, Global CTO at Thoughtworks, introduces her new writing series called Rachel's Ramblings. She reflects on why she hasn't been publicly sharing her ideas despite having meaningful observations about software industry patterns, leadership, and the future of engineering. The series will cover topics like AI's impact on software development, platform and agent collaboration, and engineering leadership — written in a fast, unpolished, thinking-out-loud style. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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