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TBM 243: Capital Inefficiency
In this post, we will explore capital (in)efficiency and why the current preoccupation with developer productivity (and efficiency overall) is a symptom…
Sep 16
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John Cutler
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TBM 242: The Simplicity Fetish
...and why it is so draining and burnout-inducing
Sep 10
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John Cutler
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TBM 241: Convictions (Loosely Held)
You work as a product manager at an e-commerce company. Your team prioritizes a performance tweak you hope will improve page load time. You release an…
Sep 8
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John Cutler
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TBM 240: The Ultimate Guide to Developer Counter-Productivity
Developer productivity is so August 2023. Enter Developer Counter-Productivity. Productive developers spend more of their time and energy on…
Sep 2
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John Cutler
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August 2023
TBM 239: "Get Creative"
Quick tip. When you tell a team to "get creative," let me translate what your team hears: You aren't being creative We're not giving you additional help…
Aug 29
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John Cutler
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TBM 238: Spinning Plates
...and enabling constraints
Aug 27
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John Cutler
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TBM 237: Incompetence!
I was reflecting on this research I did earlier in my career. As an experiment, two teams tracked where their time went for two weeks. If you've ever…
Aug 25
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John Cutler
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TBM 236: The Paper-Cut Tax
Imagine eighty construction workers on a job site. Every couple of weeks, there is a safety issue on the site, and work stops until the issue is…
Aug 20
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John Cutler
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TBM 235: Forms & Shadows
Prepare for some post-break philosophizing… Consider twelve related frames we might use to think about a team or company: Work People Organizational…
Aug 17
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John Cutler
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TBM 234: Maintenance, KTLO, and BAU
I've always been bothered by how teams use words and phrases like maintenance, keeping the lights on (KTLO), and business as usual. I get what they…
Aug 13
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John Cutler
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July 2023
Break
I’m taking a two-week break! I’ve been writing nearly twice a week in 2023 and need to pace myself (or learn how to schedule posts 😊). It was a good…
Jul 28
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TBM 233: Coffee & Complexity
Sunday coffee thoughts. At my day job, I have been working on a proposal to redesign how we do something. To prepare for the questions I expected to…
Jul 23
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John Cutler
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