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Episode materials with Sergey Berezhnoy: what remains scarce when code becomes cheap? (Rubric #Management)

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The materials from the latest Code of Leadership S2E14 episode, recorded on August 24, are ready. Together with Sergey Berezhnoy—Yandex Director of Developer Relations, CTO of Yandex Practicum, and co-author of BEM—we explored what becomes the bottleneck when generating code itself keeps getting easier.

We discussed:

  • How BEM grew from an internal solution for large-scale frontend development into a methodology, toolset, and engineering ecosystem;
  • How meetups, DevRel, and open source help technologies spread—and why public work brings accountability as well as reach;
  • How the product-and-technology matrix works: product priorities change quickly, while professional specialization lasts longer;
  • How Staff+ leaders drive cross-cutting change through standards and agreements without a direct administrative mandate;
  • Why AI produces a systemic effect only after the workflow is redesigned, not merely by accelerating the same old tickets;
  • What, after the conversation, remains scarce when code and content are cheap: problem framing, engineering judgment, critical verification, focus, feedback, trust, and responsibility for the outcome.

All episode materials:

Thank you to Sergey for the conversation. If the episode leaves you with questions, post them in the comments; I will collect them for a follow-up on technical leadership in the age of AI.

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