I have been slacking recently, today you are getting a bigger dose of links. If you want to listen to something nice, have a look at the episode about developer productivity and about keeping our food fresh. Leadership Is engineering strategy useful? - there is always one, best to make it clear Developer productivity with Dr. Nicole Forsgren (creator of DORA, co-creator of SPACE) [Podcast] - I loved this episode. Many good bits. ...
A glass of Marmite Very random collection of links today. The podcast about how cars change us is pretty good, so is the one about how drugs can influence the brain. Leadership Managing Up - I agree that it is mostly about buttering up your boss, while it should be a collaboration. Engineering Fish 4.0: The Fish Of Theseus - I am not a fan of rewrites, but this is a good read and apparently a successful rewrite. Moving bits by bit is also a practical approach. ...
The open mouth of a hippo sticking out of the water Two podcast recommendations today: the one about culture fit and the one about Escobar’s hippos. Leadership The wrong way to think about culture fit [Podcast] - It is very hard to get this wrong. Similar as values. It is just to easy to abuse. How Infrequent Retrospectives Reduce Learning Cycle Time and Make Everything Worse - retrospectives are still my favourite part of everything agile. ...
This week’s recommendations: the podcast about lawns and why cars are so scary at Halloween. Leadership Why Your Meetings Suck (And How to Fix Them): Insights from Dr. Steven Rogelberg 6 | 37 [Podcast] - focusing on 1:1 meetings Measuring Developer Productivity with Diff Authoring Time [Podcast] - the use case is improving developer experience tools and not measuring developers. TBM 318: Why Orgs Become Too Tall - again a good overview from John about the causes, some of them are difficult to work around. ...
Many links today, as I skipped some Fridays due to business and problems with my local workflow for links, which should finally be fixed. This week I especially enjoyed the video about donated bikes for Ukraine and the podcast Shell Game about scary AI stuff. Leadership TBM 313: Chat, Breathe, and Reflect - how to deal with uncertainty, don’t pretend you don’t have to change your approach. ...