# Welcome to the Tilt Engineering Blog

We invite our engineers to publish posts regularly about topics they’re passionate about to give you an inside look at our engineering organization and share our ideas with you.

At Tilt, we seek individuals who challenge personal assumptions, value ownership and trust, and strive for excellence to inspire and empower their team. If this article connected with you, join our team!

## 2026

#### [The Weak EM Will Become An NPC](https://engineering.tilt.com/The-Weak-EM-Will-Become-An-NPC-37aa36cfcd9c81ad8e42ec1f18ad9524)

Guy Coleman  
June 9, 2026

#### [Teaching AI to Read the Room: How We Built an Automated Incident Classifier](https://engineering.tilt.com/Teaching-AI-to-Read-the-Room-How-We-Built-an-Automated-Incident-Classifier-353a36cfcd9c8159b154e2f983ba4bb3)

Daniel Anderson  
May 1, 2026

#### [Adventures in the Modern Monolith: How do you keep a secret at Tilt?](https://engineering.tilt.com/Adventures-in-the-Modern-Monolith-How-do-you-keep-a-secret-at-Tilt-33ea36cfcd9c81caa2b2ebe09733ac86)

Aaron Mumm  
April 10, 2026

#### [AI DevOps: Building Intelligent Incident Response Systems](https://engineering.tilt.com/AI-DevOps-Building-Intelligent-Incident-Response-Systems-305a36cfcd9c80739587f3d1ba8ba113)

Kyle Getty  
February 13, 2026

#### [Entropy Resistance](https://engineering.tilt.com/entropy-resistance)

Guy Coleman  
January 8, 2026

## 2025

#### [Set Your AI Up for Success: How BDD Tickets Drive Quality Outcomes](https://engineering.tilt.com/Set-Your-AI-Up-for-Success-How-BDD-Tickets-Drive-Quality-Outcomes-2b9a36cfcd9c80d7a908cf89799b9943)

Yves Da Silva  
November 28, 2025

#### [How We Built a Context-Aware Review Bot That Transformed Our Code Reviews](https://engineering.tilt.com/How-We-Built-a-Context-Aware-Review-Bot-That-Transformed-Our-Code-Reviews-298a36cfcd9c80479439c49ae09493dd)

James Garrett  
October 27, 2025

#### [Beyond the Purchase Order: How We Actually Made AI Work for Engineering](https://engineering.tilt.com/Beyond-the-Purchase-Order-How-We-Actually-Made-AI-Work-for-Engineering-26aa36cfcd9c80069e3ee3a7760da154)

James Garrett  
September 11, 2025

#### [C# String Performance Considerations](https://engineering.tilt.com/C-String-Performance-Considerations-257a36cfcd9c809a9f9effac58a9beae)

Kyle Getty  
August 28, 2025

#### [From Weekly Manual Slog to Rapid-Fire Releases: How Empower (Tilt) Revolutionized iOS Deployment](https://engineering.tilt.com/from-weekly-manual-slog-to-rapid-fire-releases)

Dotan Tahir  
July 18, 2025

#### [Removing Foreign Key Constraints against Hot Tables](https://engineering.tilt.com/removing-foreign-key-constraints-against-hot-tables)

Matthew Preciado  
April 4, 2025

#### [Embracing AI at Empower: Beyond Code Generation](https://engineering.tilt.com/Embracing-AI-at-Empower-Beyond-Code-Generation-1a5a36cfcd9c808fa800f087748fadc1)

James Garrett  
February 25, 2025

#### [The N+1 Problem in Entity Framework Core: A Detective’s Guide to Spotting and Fixing It](https://engineering.tilt.com/the-n-1-problem-in-entity-framework-core)

Paul Gradie  
February 19, 2025

#### [Building Bonds Beyond the Screen: How Onsites Bring Our Remote Team Together](https://engineering.tilt.com/Building-Bonds-Beyond-the-Screen-How-Onsites-Bring-Our-Remote-Team-Together-17ea36cfcd9c805c9bbfe5673a9655e9)

Heather Begley  
January 17, 2025

## 2024

#### [Managing Disagreements as a Software Developer: Lessons from](https://engineering.tilt.com/managing-disagreements-as-a-software-developer) [Think Again](https://empowerfinance.notion.site/managing-disagreements-as-a-software-developer)

James Garrett  
December 20, 2024

#### [How to Interview Your Interviewer: Finding the Right Culture Fit for You](https://engineering.tilt.com/how-to-interview-your-interviewer)

James Garrett  
December 13, 2024

#### [Building Trust in an Online Environment](https://engineering.tilt.com/building-trust-in-an-online-environment)

Alexander Tulloh  
December 6, 2024

#### [Technical Debt, Quality, and Trade-offs: Striking the Right Balance](https://engineering.tilt.com/technical-debt-quality-and-trade-offs)

Justin Ammerlaan // Guy Coleman  
November 29, 2024

#### [INT → BIGINT, a SQL Story](https://engineering.tilt.com/int-bigint-a-sql-story)

Matthew Preciado  
November 22, 2024

#### [Three Strategies that’ll accelerate your path to Staff Engineer](https://engineering.tilt.com/Three-Strategies-that-ll-accelerate-your-path-to-Staff-Engineer-13fa36cfcd9c809da018ed1fa18aadb6)

Guy Coleman  
November 15, 2024

#### [Measure Twice, Cut, and Have Fun](https://engineering.tilt.com/Measure-Twice-Cut-and-Have-Fun-11ba36cfcd9c80209437eef3b3bdab91)

James Garrett  
October 11, 2024

#### [6 Design Principles for Azure Pipelines](https://engineering.tilt.com/6-Design-Principles-for-Azure-Pipelines-10da36cfcd9c80eeae11c1ff5bcbd7e1)

Paul Gradie  
September 26, 2024

#### [Let’s Talk 1:1](https://engineering.tilt.com/Let-s-Talk-1-1-30faf7273b8a408397abfd6915a4844c)

Dirko Swanepoel  
September 6, 2024

#### [Server-driven UI from scratch](https://engineering.tilt.com/Server-driven-UI-from-scratch-3ac701fb73f74e6b8e69ab98469479b7)

Hamish Cundy  
August 23, 2024

#### [How Functional Programming Made Me A Better C# Developer](https://engineering.tilt.com/How-Functional-Programming-Made-Me-A-Better-C-Developer-2e81df8b90a04780b2736ed2015d2c2e)

James Garrett  
August 16, 2024

#### [Modeling World-Class Delivery Systems](https://engineering.tilt.com/Modeling-World-Class-Delivery-Systems-71ee121c3f5f449997e4824285d48d18?source=copy_link)

Paul Gradie  
August 9, 2024