Meetings Are Bugs in Your Organization
Unproductive meetings cost $37 billion annually. They're not collaboration - they're organizational bugs. Here's how to diagnose the root cause and fix the process....
Standup Theater: When Agile Becomes Performance
Only 1 in 4 teams keep standups under 15 minutes. The ceremony has consumed the purpose. Here's how standups became theater and what actually works instead....
When AI Coding Actually Helps: Patterns That Work
AI coding tools made experienced developers 19% slower in METR's study. But clear patterns emerge for when they help: unfamiliar territory, boilerplate, documentation, and exploration....
Code Review That Actually Works
Only 15% of code review comments relate to bugs. Here's how to make the other 85% of review time count: size limits, SLAs, automation, and focused feedback....
The Slack Trap: When Communication Tools Kill Productivity
Slack users spend 1 hour 42 minutes daily on the platform. Power users hit 3.1 hours. The communication tool designed to save time became the biggest drain on it....
Computers Are Cheap, Developers Are Expensive
Why premature optimization wastes developer time. The economics of knowing when code is good enough and when performance actually matters....