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Stupidity can be a plus in corporations — but not in software development.

August 29, 2020August 29, 2020

Functional stupidity is: don’t self-reflect, don’t ask why, and only think about what we ask you to think about. This can be good in corporate-land. It is a disaster for software.

Tags agile, architecture, career, organization, systems, Systems Thinking

Avoid Specificity in Expectations

January 6, 2020January 6, 2020

Today my daughter overslept and I had to take her to school. Usually when that happens, I get all grouchy and resentful. Dammit, I thought I’d get a nice quiet coffee but NO, I’m scraping ice off the car. Today I didn’t mind. It was fine. It’s the first day back after winter break, so …

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