Toots from 2023-02-08
LLMs are a reminder that mistaking the trappings of confidence for competence isn’t generally a g…
LLMs are a reminder that mistaking the trappings of confidence for competence isn’t generally a good strategy.
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“We discovered that the importance of different factors depends on a developer’s role, activiti…
“We discovered that the importance of different factors depends on a developer’s role, activities and goals… [P]sychological safety was the one exception. Nearly all developers we interviewed described how feeling safe to share opinions and ideas was critical to enabling teams to work together to overcome challenges and implement improvements. Related industry studies…have similarly identified psychological safety as a top driver of team and business performance.”
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2205.06352.pdf
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“Another way of describing this is that delivering value is more important than delivering feat…
“Another way of describing this is that delivering value is more important than delivering features. That is, feature count is not equivalent to valuable outcomes, better experience, etc.”
https://jchyip.medium.com/my-critique-of-the-spotify-model-part-2-f78806f523d9
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“Alignment on its own is insufficient to enable autonomy. In Turn the Ship Around, L. David Mar…
“Alignment on its own is insufficient to enable autonomy. In Turn the Ship Around, L. David Marquet identifies two pillars that allow “giving control” (AKA enables autonomy): competence and clarity (AKA alignment).”
https://jchyip.medium.com/my-critique-of-the-spotify-model-part-1-197d335ef7af