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team size Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: A permanently painful on-call rotation is a five-alarm emergency, not a normal cost of owning code in production. A permanently painful on-call rotation is a five-alarm emergency, not a normal cost of owning code in production. Last stated 4 years ago
30 Jun 2022
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Charity Majors — holds since 2022-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A sustainable on-call rotation needs seven or eight engineers. — tap to centre the map on it A sustainable on-call rotation needs seven or eight engineers. Last stated 4 years ago
30 Jun 2022
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Charity Majors — holds since 2022-06-30 — tap for who they are
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Will Larson — holds since 2018-07-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: On-call is part of an engineer’s job rather than something to be paid extra for, except where paying for it is the only way to make management fund the reliability work. — tap to centre the map on it On-call is part of an engineer’s job rather than something to be paid extra for, except where paying for it is the only way to make management fund the reliability work. Last stated 4 years ago
30 Jun 2022
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Charity Majors — holds since 2022-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A healthy on-call schedule needs six or more engineers if every alert is to be taken seriously by an engineer focused mainly on on-call and stability. — tap to centre the map on it A healthy on-call schedule needs six or more engineers if every alert is to be taken seriously by an engineer focused mainly on on-call and stability. Last stated 2 months ago
3 Sept 2026
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Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Being woken up two or three times a year on call is reasonable, and more than that is a management failure rather than an engineering one. — tap to centre the map on it Being woken up two or three times a year on call is reasonable, and more than that is a management failure rather than an engineering one. Last stated 4 years ago
30 Jun 2022
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Charity Majors — holds since 2022-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: 95 percent of the software made in an age of abundance will be shitty, and shitty software is easy to deal with because it goes away. — tap to centre the map on it 95 percent of the software made in an age of abundance will be shitty, and shitty software is easy to deal with because it goes away. Last stated 4 weeks ago
23 Sept 2026
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Geoff Teehan — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A coding agent left to run over a weekend returns work that is half good, a quarter garbage and a quarter in need of repair. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent left to run over a weekend returns work that is half good, a quarter garbage and a quarter in need of repair. Last stated a year ago
18 Aug 2025
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Clay Bavor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A developer using AI coding tools remains responsible for reviewing the code they ship. — tap to centre the map on it A developer using AI coding tools remains responsible for reviewing the code they ship. Last stated 7 months ago
10 Mar 2026
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Jon Seager — holds since 2026-03-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-assisted coding will generate a lot of low-quality output that developers will need to clean up, even as it also produces good results. — tap to centre the map on it AI-assisted coding will generate a lot of low-quality output that developers will need to clean up, even as it also produces good results. Last stated 8 months ago
9 Feb 2026
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Scott Hanselman — holds since 2026-02-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-generated code should be treated as untrusted until there is evidence it preserves the intended behavior. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated code should be treated as untrusted until there is evidence it preserves the intended behavior. Last stated 2 months ago
19 Aug 2026
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Jon Seager — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As AI makes it easier to generate code, teams must delete code more aggressively or be overwhelmed by accumulated complexity. — tap to centre the map on it As AI makes it easier to generate code, teams must delete code more aggressively or be overwhelmed by accumulated complexity. Last stated 2 months ago
1 Sept 2026
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Vicki Boykis — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A team that slows down and reads every pull request and every line of code should expect only a 30 to 50 percent productivity lift from AI. — tap to centre the map on it A team that slows down and reads every pull request and every line of code should expect only a 30 to 50 percent productivity lift from AI. Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
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Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Agent-written code that runs and passes its tests is not enough: security, maintainability and being able to roll it back still need humans in the loop. — tap to centre the map on it Agent-written code that runs and passes its tests is not enough: security, maintainability and being able to roll it back still need humans in the loop. Last stated 5 months ago
7 Jun 2026
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Tony Fadell — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Agentic code review raises the floor but cannot be trusted, because the model reading the code is the same model that wrote it, and it will tell you the code is great. — tap to centre the map on it Agentic code review raises the floor but cannot be trusted, because the model reading the code is the same model that wrote it, and it will tell you the code is great. Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
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Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are