Toots from 2025-06-28
“In my experience, you can safely throw away stories and epics once they’ve been converted into…
“In my experience, you can safely throw away stories and epics once they’ve been converted into actual shipped product.“
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/gradual-fall-stories-epics-john-cutler-kjdvc
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“It is usually not an issue of intent or team competence, but rather the missed crucial step of…
“It is usually not an issue of intent or team competence, but rather the missed crucial step of leaders not diagnosing the problem before crafting goals, launching projects, and delegating them down the organization.”
https://www.subbu.org/articles/2025/diagnose-before-you-delegate/
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“If Wellnhofer follows the script expected of a maintainer, he will spend hours fixing the bugs…
“If Wellnhofer follows the script expected of a maintainer, he will spend hours fixing the bugs, corresponding with the researcher, and releasing a new version of libxml2. Sveshnikov and Positive Technologies will put another notch in their CVE belts, but what does Wellnhofer get out of the arrangement? Extra work, an unwanted CVE, and negligible real-world benefit for users of libxml2.”
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1025971/73f269ad3695186d/
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“New leaders, people, processes, teams, and architecture all contribute to a changing environme…
“New leaders, people, processes, teams, and architecture all contribute to a changing environment that can make very similar attempts yield wildly better results.”
https://staysaasy.com/management/2025/06/26/we-tried.html