Toots from 2026-02-10#
“Most leaders spread their effort across many initiatives simultaneously, making partial progre…#
“Most leaders spread their effort across many initiatives simultaneously, making partial progress on everything and completing nothing. The insight we’ll explore is that systems don’t work that way: there’s always one constraint that matters most, and focusing elsewhere is, at best, wasted effort.”
https://www.theengineeringmanager.com/growth/one-bottleneck-at-a-time/
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I wrote up some thoughts about Mik Kersten’s Project to Product book: <https://mweagle.net/posts/…#
I wrote up some thoughts about Mik Kersten’s Project to Product book: https://mweagle.net/posts/2026/02/07/
Project to Product is an excellent book, likely to be even more important as AI pushes code cost production towards zero, and underscores the power of metaphors to shape understanding.
TL;DR; Large scale software delivery is more like a dynamic flight routing map than an assembly line. Manage accordingly.
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Hey @evernote - I recently discovered you increased my mont…#
Hey @evernote - I recently discovered you increased my monthly payment by over 6200% (yes, that is the correct MoM percentage) without notifying me or acquiring my consent.
This an unethical and unacceptable. I’ve opened a support case for full refund.
Reaching out to ensure visibility.
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@evernote This is the antithesis of customer first thinking:
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“Said another way, we’ve known for a long time that code is the easy part. Has arguably alway…#
“Said another way, we’ve known for a long time that code is the easy part. Has arguably always been the easy part, but certainly has been the easiest part of building software for the last several decades.”
https://laughingmeme.org//2026/02/09/code-has-always-been-the-easy-part.html