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What to work on next?

2025-04-14 08:00:00

Younger engineers keep asking how I prioritize in a chaotic environment. Here's my approach.

Always deploy at peak traffic

2025-04-11 08:00:00

A hard-won lesson for ya: Always deploy when you've got lots of traffic.

10 years in America

2025-04-05 08:00:00

10 years ago yesterday I moved to America with 1.5 suitcases, ~2k in the bank, a place to crash, and a freelancing client lined up. A few thoughts.

The difference between a product and a project

2025-04-03 08:00:00

A project is something you do, a product is something you own.

Sprint vs Shape Up vs Kanban

2025-03-26 08:00:00

Whenever I talk about sprints, someone mentions Shape Up. So you have 9 week sprints – what's the difference?

Why sprints

2025-03-25 08:00:00

For the past few months I've been introducing sprints into a chaotic startup that's been growing so fast everyone's got whiplash. Since August, 5 engineers turned into 12. I think it's starting to work.