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🚣 Rowing the race you need at the end
Daniel James Brown’s The Boys in the Boat follows the University of Washington eight-oar crew that won gold in Berlin in 1936. The part that stays with me is how they rowed the middle of a race. Washington was a come-from-behind crew. Othe…
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🧊 Why small teams have to be good at borrowing
Large and small teams differ in many ways, but one difference stands out: how much of the system gets built versus borrowed. Compared to large teams, small teams must borrow a lot more than they build. If we use the iceberg analogy, a lot m…
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😊 Other ways to align the happy path
Yesterday, we discussed aligning the happy path in code. Are there other ways to align the “happy path”? (The happy path is the desired path where things are functioning as expected.) Some thoughts: Focus on your productive people - as a ma…
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🍳 Preparation - lessons from the kitchen
Most Sunday mornings, I make gluten-free waffles for breakfast (see recipe at the end of this post). I like to get everything out (ingredients and utensils) before I start. This seems to make the process go faster and smoother. There is an…