·5 min read
The Invisible Work Problem: Why Your Best Engineers Look Unproductive
The hardest working engineers often look the least productive because their most valuable work is invisible. Here is how to see what really matters.
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Thoughts, tutorials, and insights on web development and technology.
·10 min read
Why Your Most Productive Teams Look Like They're Doing Nothing
The best software teams have something in common that looks like waste but is actually their secret weapon: slack time for thinking, fixing, and preventing problems before they happen.
·12 min read
The Myth of the 10x Engineer: Why Teams Matter More Than Heroes
Examining how the obsession with individual productivity obscures the true drivers of software excellence: jelled teams, collaborative intelligence, and the collective mastery that emerges when humans work in harmony.
·4 min read
The Human Architecture of Software Teams: Why Structure Shapes Everything
We obsess over software architecture while treating human architecture like an afterthought. But the structure of your team determines everything.
·10 min read
The Illusion of Progress: Language Games and the Myth of Advancement
Exploring how society constructs the narrative of progress through language games, and questioning whether technological advancement truly equals human flourishing.
·13 min read
The Courage to Be Disliked: Authenticity in the Age of Performance
Exploring the paradox of seeking authenticity through curated personas and the profound courage required to live genuinely in a world designed for performance.
·4 min read
The Limits of My Language: Finding Meaning Beyond Words
Wittgenstein was wrong about one thing: the most important experiences happen exactly where language ends.
·3 min read
Finding Meaning in the Mundane: Philosophy of Everyday Rituals
The profound doesn't announce itself with trumpets. It hides in plain sight, in your morning coffee and daily routines.
·4 min read
Technical Debt as Organizational Memory Loss: When Systems Forget Why They Exist
Technical debt is not just about messy code. It is organizational amnesia-forgetting why systems were built and what we learned building them.
·3 min read
The Paradox of Productivity: Why Measuring Everything Measures Nothing
The more we try to measure productivity, the more we destroy the conditions that create it. Here is why the best work cannot be counted.