Toots from 2026-06-17#
Like dips, the best systems have layers. The more challenging part is figuring out how many and h…#
Like dips, the best systems have layers. The more challenging part is figuring out how many and how thick.
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Shout out to the After Effects team back in the day that had a whiteboard in the hallway about br…#
Shout out to the After Effects team back in the day that had a whiteboard in the hallway about broken builds. Break the build, put a donation in the jar.
On the plus side, once they shipped, there was a ready-made ship party fund ready to go.
The builds were not broken very often and when they were, it was a p0000.
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“If 2025 was the year of vibe coding, where AI got as good at generating lines of code as the m…#
“If 2025 was the year of vibe coding, where AI got as good at generating lines of code as the median software engineer, and the range of possible futures often felt destabilizingly, impossibly wide open, I feel like 2026 is shaping up to be a return to discipline.”
https://charity.wtf/2026/06/15/ai-demands-more-engineering-discipline-not-less-xpost/
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“Your team and company can only benefit from this increased pace of execution if you can make d…#
“Your team and company can only benefit from this increased pace of execution if you can make durable decisions quickly, and those decisions are good. “
https://lethain.com/revised-rules-of-engineering-leadership/
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“Why Did Velocity Not Save the Company? 1. Strategy and Planning 2. Execution and Delivery …#
“Why Did Velocity Not Save
the Company?
Strategy and Planning
Execution and Delivery
Organizational Culture”