<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Sheng Zha — Writing</title><description>Notes on LLM scaling, distributed training, and building teams from scratch.</description><link>https://blog.szha.ai/</link><item><title>If you&apos;re a tech manager and can&apos;t outperform your team, your role is going away</title><link>https://blog.szha.ai/blog/tech-manager-role-going-away/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://blog.szha.ai/blog/tech-manager-role-going-away/</guid><description>AI collapsed the implementation gap. Orgs just flipped from compute-bound to communication-bound — and middle management is the All-to-all you optimize away.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>management</category><category>ai</category><category>scaling</category><category>organizations</category></item><item><title>On Assessing the Value of a Project</title><link>https://blog.szha.ai/blog/on-assessing-the-value-of-a-project/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://blog.szha.ai/blog/on-assessing-the-value-of-a-project/</guid><description>A simple framework for picking the most impactful work — with practical tips for estimating chance of success, effect size, and applicable scenarios.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>research</category><category>decision-making</category></item></channel></rss>