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Everything filed under management management Everything filed under software quality software quality Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under journalism journalism Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Blaming a person for an error without fixing its root cause means the same error is likely to be repeated by someone else Blaming a person for an error withoutfixing its root cause means the same erroris likely to be repeated by someone else DN Don Norman — holds since c. 1988–2013 — tap for who they are Same subject: Disasters come from organisational conditions, not from bad individuals, so blaming a person prevents the fix. — tap to centre the map on it Disasters come from organisationalconditions, not from badindividuals, so blaming a personprevents the fix. Last stated 14 years ago 13 Jan 2013 WH Wayne Hale — holds since 2013-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Much wrongdoing comes from good people doing bad things without knowing it, not from bad people — tap to centre the map on it Much wrongdoing comes from goodpeople doing bad things withoutknowing it, not from bad people Last stated 18 years ago 12 Jun 2008 MB Max Bazerman — holds since 2008-06-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A declared root cause is a best guess, not a fact, and should be treated with suspicion. — tap to centre the map on it A declared root cause is a bestguess, not a fact, and should betreated with suspicion. Last stated 2 years ago 5 Aug 2024 WH Wayne Hale — holds since 2024-08-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: The uninstructed blame others for their condition, learners blame themselves, and the fully instructed blame no one — tap to centre the map on it The uninstructed blame others fortheir condition, learners blamethemselves, and the fully instructedblame no one EP Epictetus — holds since c. 89–135 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Most workplace problems have more than one person contributing to them, not a single culprit. — tap to centre the map on it Most workplace problems have morethan one person contributing tothem, not a single culprit. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Feb 2024 BK Ben Kuhn — holds since 2024-02-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Complex systems do not have one root cause, so root-cause analysis is the wrong thing to be doing. — tap to centre the map on it Complex systems do not have one rootcause, so root-cause analysis is thewrong thing to be doing. Last stated 8 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Failing to credit someone who deserves it does more harm than mistakenly crediting someone who doesn't. — tap to centre the map on it Failing to credit someone whodeserves it does more harm thanmistakenly crediting someone whodoesn't. Last stated 7 years ago 30 May 2019 CO Christopher Olah — holds since 2019-05-30 — 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 inan age of abundance will be shitty,and shitty software is easy to dealwith because it goes away. Last stated 2 weeks ago 23 Sept 2026 GT 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 aweekend returns work that is halfgood, a quarter garbage and aquarter in need of repair. Last stated a year ago 18 Aug 2025 CB 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 toolsremains responsible for reviewingthe code they ship. Last stated 7 months ago 10 Mar 2026 JS Jon Seager — holds since 2026-03-10 — 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 readsevery pull request and every line ofcode should expect only a 30 to 50percent productivity lift from AI. Last stated 3 months ago 15 Jul 2026 DH 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 andpasses its tests is not enough:security, maintainability and beingable to roll it back still needhumans in the loop. Last stated 4 months ago 7 Jun 2026 TF 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 floorbut cannot be trusted, because themodel reading the code is the samemodel that wrote it, and it willtell you the code is great. Last stated 3 months ago 15 Jul 2026 DH Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — 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 alot of low-quality output thatdevelopers will need to clean up,even as it also produces goodresults. Last stated 8 months ago 9 Feb 2026 SH 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 treatedas untrusted until there is evidenceit preserves the intended behavior. Last stated 2 months ago 19 Aug 2026 JS 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 generatecode, teams must delete code moreaggressively or be overwhelmed byaccumulated complexity. Last stated a month ago 1 Sept 2026 VB Vicki Boykis — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Blaming a person for an error without fixing its root cause means the same error is likely to be repeated by someone else Last stated c. 1988–2013 Holds Don Norman Read this korrent →