I like how they make the title sound like ritual is a problem. Our culture believes that, I liked to believe it, and so the book is more appealing. (book on amazon, pdf excerpt) The book is not about rituals, but rather the attitude that ritual engenders. It’s an attitude of “If we do things ... Read moreRitual & its Consequences: book summary| Jessitron
Efficiency means doing the same thing with fewer resources. In software, efficient code is faster, because that uses less compute. If some other software is waiting on yours to return, then your sp…| Jessitron
There is no silver bullet. What if there is a silver pill?It is no single change that can rocket our productivity. It is a change in the rate of change.There are two outputs of everything we write:…| Jessitron
A while back, I washed a book in a load of laundry. It got all the way through the dryer before I realized what all this white stuff was. Ooops! I’ve been feeling bad for all the fuzz left in the dryer. Poor dryer. Maybe I can take its front off and scoop all that ... Read moreFixing Without Understanding| Jessitron
Today I opened the AWS console in order to transcribe a video, and I could not be bothered to do all that clicking. This has to be six lines in the terminal. I don’t know the six lines, but Claude …| Jessitron
Last weekend I sat down with augmentcode.com to do some serious AI-assisted coding. The agent, “Auggie,” promises to automate coding tasks to a level I haven’t tried before. Gotta…| Jessitron
There is something puzzling about software development. It doesn’t work like many tasks, it doesn’t break down the same way. It feels strangely personal, like there’s a connection…| Jessitron
Not only can things be otherwise, they already are, and it is a matter of tuning, tending, activating, connecting, and defending these processes of change that are already in the making. Nick Montgomery and carla bergman, Joyful Militancy Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 2025. The system is broken, it is getting worse, and ... Read moreThe world is terrible and great| Jessitron
OKRs (Objectives & Key Results) are a framework for validating alignment through the organization. As a company, as a department, as a team: what are we focused on this quarter? What are we try…| Jessitron
In Engineering, quarterly OKRs (Objectives & Key Results) can feel like a duplication of product planning. Basically, they say “Ship the Roadmap.” What new information are they comm…| Jessitron
My work does not reduce to measurable outcomes. Much of what I accomplish as an engineer and as a developer advocate amounts to creating conditions that make it more likely for the company to succeed. I resist and resent most metrics, yet I don’t mind OKRs the way Honeycomb does them. How not to OKR: ... Read moreOKRs for Evil and Good| Jessitron
For: [Virtual open Space] Systems Thinking and Skillful Interaction 20 September, 2023 Keynote by Jessica Kerr, jessitron.com These are my notes, publishing for people who were there (or anyone who…| Jessitron
We’re talking here about “feedback” as commentary from people you work with, telling you what you could do better—in particular, 360° Feedback as part of a performance review. I’ve capitalize…| Jessitron
