Note about the death of the author
Another good reason to begin documenting your Theory of The Program
[https://www.joshbeckman.org/2020/07/12/on-theory-building-as-an-engineering-team/]
: it’
Note on path and narrative
It is not enough to simply architect a system or solution. You must create a
story, a path through it,
Note on data opposing narrative
Often, people who don’t have access to the raw data expect one narrative to be
drawn from data analysis.
Note on listening to learn
Listening to win vs. listening to fix vs. listening to learn. The default
position for engineers and executives is listening
Note on constant attention
Code performance, reliability, security, cleanliness. These things are not
achieved through big sweeps and special efforts. They are only really
Note on slow tech investment
Identifying too many aspects of ongoing product work as tech debt
[/2020/05/17/carving-out-tech-investment/] has caused engineering teams to