I Work Faster Alone
After 45 years in tech, I know I work faster alone. The collaboration-industrial complex says more interaction is always better. My shipped code says otherwise....
Agile Is a Cargo Cult
Standups, sprints, and story points without the underlying values. How Agile became a certification industry that produces the opposite of agility....
The Myth of the 10x Engineer
I've been called a 10x engineer - sometimes 20x. The variation in programmer productivity is real. But the way Silicon Valley uses the concept has damaged how organizations build teams....