# raylene/eng-handbook

A developer's guide to management: an open-sourced handbook for leading software engineering teams.

Repository: https://github.com/raylene/eng-handbook
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/eng-handbook
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2020-01-24T19:09:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3165, "days_push": 2413, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1566, forks 97 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:04.436341+00:00)

## What it is
An open-source handbook of guides and templates for leading software engineering teams, covering topics like 1-1s, performance reviews, and manager transitions. It applies open-source collaboration practices to management resources so teams can fork and customize the content.

## Use cases
- prepare for 1-1 meetings with engineers
- write performance reviews for my team
- run a team offsite
- transition from IC to engineering manager
- handle a manager change on my team
- find templates for engineering management docs

## When to choose
- you are a new or experienced engineering manager looking for practical templates
- you want customizable, forkable management guides for your team
- you need reference material for performance reviews or 1-1s

## When to avoid
- you need software tooling rather than written guides
- you want a comprehensive management book with deep theory
- you need actively updated content with frequent new guides

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation
- domain: developer-tools, hr, tutorials
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: engineering-management, handbook, leadership, team-management, performance-reviews, guides

## Member repositories
- raylene/eng-handbook (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:04.436341+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:00:09.675116+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/raylene/eng-handbook (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:04.436341+00:00, sha 89951ae419ba)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.