Good intentions, tangled systems
I've been reading Team Topologies and The Unicorn Project...
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Musings on work, technology, and life.
Voluntary Code Reviews
I'm all for code reviews; but I prefer them to be voluntary...
Estimates and mental debt
I'm reading the excellent Peopleware and one thing that stood out is their survey data on estimates: just the act of estimating a software project...
Let's Stop Hoarding Code Like Dragons
For years, companies have treated their code like treasure: jealously guarded, locked away, rarely seen by outsiders...
Something feels different now
I’ve used ChatGPT and Claude since they came out, including a fair bit for coding. Helpful, sometimes surprisingly so. Useful, but not transformative...
A thought on pay
I had a thought today: I hear much discussion on how much engineers get paid. Sometimes with a tone of “those greedy devs...
LinkedIn vs internal comms
Had an interesting realization today: I feel safer sharing some thoughts about work on LinkedIn than in our internal company Teams channels...
Bottom-up or top-down?
How much authority does your software team have. Are you required to use Jira and estimate stories, or does your team determine the best workflow...
Why I Don’t Want to Manage (At Least for Now)
Have you ever turned down a management role to stay focused on tech...
On Jira
Recent discussions at work made me reflect over Jira and more generally team processes...