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2023

2023-01-16 charity.wtf
Friday Deploy Freezes Are Exactly Like Murdering Puppies
Anxiety related to deploys is the single largest source of technical debt in many, many orgs. Technical debt, lest we forget, is not the same as "bad code". Tech debt hurts your people.

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2024

2024-12-17 charity.wtf
“Founder Mode” and the Art of Mythmaking
I would PREFER the enduring legacy of both “founder mode” and Brian Chesky’s “The Art of Hiring” to be one that moves the industry forward in material ways, and not one that further entrenches the Silicon Valley cult of the founder, Great Man of History, 10x engineer Lone Ranger superhero John Galt type bullshit that has dogged our heels for decades. And there is some decent material to work with here.

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2025

2025-12-13 charity.wtf
The Hierarchy Is Bullshit (And Bad For Business)
Good managers do not dictate and demand, they nurture, develop, and inspire. The most important roles in the company aren’t held by managers; they are all the little leaf nodes busily building the product, supporting users, identifying markets, writing copy, etc. The people doing the work are why we exist as a company; all the rest is, with considerable due respect, overhead.

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