I am still amazed sometimes as some professional are amazed by simple task effort estimation, planning and prioritization. This seems to be an actual skill that many have issues discovering, not even speaking of mastering it. If you can do… Read More »Basic Planning
Estimates help but are hard. “the majority of software work is not like this. We work on poorly-understood systems and cannot predict exactly what must be done in advance. Most programming in large systems is research: identifying prior art, mapping… Read More »How I estimate work as a staff software engineer
The basics, also for managers. “Dashboards provide numbers, but numbers alone do not explain the system. Averages, CPU, and throughput plots are misleading if you do not know the math behind them. At One2N, our SRE practice has seen this… Read More »SRE math every engineer should know: a practical guide
Slow mo is cool not only on screen.
Accountability in tech industry is almost nonexistent. “Three years and $70 billion later, the metaverse is dead, and everybody acts as if it didn’t happen. Whoops! In a sane society, investors, analysts and the media would never trust a single… Read More »This Is Worse Than The Dot Com Bubble
Most stuff that seems wrong is the way it is for a reason. “Large software companies have real problems. Some are structural. Some are cultural. Many are self-inflicted. But many of the behaviors people complain about are not pathologies –… Read More »Common misunderstandings about large software companies
Morale is not one number. “Morale is the commitment the combatants have to their leadership and their cause. To simplify a bit, we might say that soldiers with good morale believe three things: that their cause is a worthy one,… Read More »Collections: Total Generalship: Commanding Pre-Modern Armies, Part IIIc: Morale and Cohesion
Seems simple, yet we tend to forget this. The more different other people are from us, in terms of culture, background, knowledge etc., the more differently they will evaluate our actions from what we think they will. We might think… Read More »Different People See You Differently
In Slovak, there is a great term “šuchtať sa”. It is hard to translate directly, to drag one’s feet or to dally are probably the closest but are not exact. You can also “šuchtať sa” when you are working. You… Read More »To Drag One’s Feet
Fix shit now, not in hypothetical future.