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12 Apr 2023
Know the problem you are solving.
Make your work visible.
Work together.
Create simple things in small steps.
Be meticulous about composition.
Validate before, during, and after.
Release ridiculously often.
Automation over documentation.
#SoftwareDevelopment
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Doc Norton retweeted
Apr 30
PC shift: ~10 years.
Web shift: ~5 years.
Agentic coding: 2-3, possibly less.
The first two expanded the profession. This one compresses it. @docondev shares thoughts on the pattern, and where the time actually goes: link.testdouble.com/aafa83
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Doc Norton retweeted
May 4
Cyclomatic complexity, method length, naming conventions: every one of those metrics was a workaround for human cognitive limits. Agents don't have those limits. So what survives, and what gets renegotiated? @docondev shares reflections on craft:
link.testdouble.com/fdff50
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Doc Norton retweeted
May 5
Every abstraction we've built since assembly was a subsidy paid to human cognition, funded by hardware. Take humans out of the inner loop and the rationale weakens.
@docondev shares a prediction about what languages and frameworks look like next:
link.testdouble.com/ae23c6
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Jan 6
Not every story needs to be delivered.
Not every feature needs to be built.
Solving the right problem matters more than completing the backlog.
#KnowTheProblemYouAreSolving #SoftwareDevelopment
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Jan 5
No trust, no candor.
No candor, no clarity.
No clarity, no progress.
Start with psychological safety.
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#WorkTogether #Trust
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Jan 1
Progress compounds when steps stay small.
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30 Dec 2025
Your architecture is what you’ve implemented - not what you label it, not what the autocrat of architecture put on paper, not what the magistrate of methods mandated, but whatever was actually done in the code.
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29 Dec 2025
The behaviors you promote set expectations.
The behaviors you ignore set the culture.
#Leadership #Excellence
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26 Dec 2025
Empowerment isn’t about gathering opinions before deciding.
It’s about giving the team the authority to decide for themselves.
#Leadership #Autonomy
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25 Dec 2025
Waiting to deliver means waiting to learn.
And the longer you wait, the bigger the risk.
#SoftwareDevelopment #CreateSimpleThingsInSmallSteps #ReleaseRidiculouslyOften
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19 Dec 2025
Real leadership gives people the freedom to contribute with meaning.
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18 Dec 2025
Obsess less over points per sprint. Look at flow instead.
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25 Nov 2025
Incredibly, @TrigentSoftware keeps calling - no matter how often I tell them to stop calling. I have repeatedly insisted, quite vehemently in some cases, that they cease and desist. I am curious if their data shows that harassment eventually turns into business.
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