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Read this korrent: Discipline does not scale across teams and engineering organizations, which is a huge reason to use Effect.
Discipline does not scale across teams and engineering organizations, which is a huge reason to use Effect.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
1 Sept 2026
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Dillon Mulroy — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A few larger teams under experienced engineering managers outperform many tiny teams each led by a working tech lead. — tap to centre the map on it
A few larger teams under experienced engineering managers outperform many tiny teams each led by a working tech lead.
Last stated 3 years ago
5 Jan 2024
CM
Charity Majors — holds since 2024-01-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A language does not need a benevolent dictator: if the responsible team does not sign off on a change, it does not happen. — tap to centre the map on it
A language does not need a benevolent dictator: if the responsible team does not sign off on a change, it does not happen.
Last stated 4 months ago
20 May 2026
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Alice Ryhl — holds since 2026-05-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Steady experimentation is what a growth team controls, but the step changes come from outside waves the company did not create and would be foolish to ignore. — tap to centre the map on it
Steady experimentation is what a growth team controls, but the step changes come from outside waves the company did not create and would be foolish to ignore.
Last stated 11 months ago
5 Oct 2025
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Albert Cheng — holds since 2025-10-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Team output is still what matters, however hard the industry pushes to measure individual output. — tap to centre the map on it
Team output is still what matters, however hard the industry pushes to measure individual output.
Last stated a month ago
12 Aug 2026
CM
Charity Majors — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Conference programmes and the tech press over-represent complex architectures, so teams copy techniques their scale does not need. — tap to centre the map on it
Conference programmes and the tech press over-represent complex architectures, so teams copy techniques their scale does not need.
Last stated 4 years ago
6 Apr 2022
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Dan Luu — holds since 2022-04-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Making management the only path to career progression is a mistake that costs a company the senior engineers it needs. — tap to centre the map on it
Making management the only path to career progression is a mistake that costs a company the senior engineers it needs.
Last stated 5 years ago
9 Oct 2021
CM
Charity Majors — holds since 2017-05-11 — tap for who they are
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Camille Fournier — holds since 2021-10-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: High consequences cannot be what makes work engineering, because most traditional engineering is low-stakes too. — tap to centre the map on it
High consequences cannot be what makes work engineering, because most traditional engineering is low-stakes too.
Last stated 6 years ago
18 Jan 2021
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Hillel Wayne — holds since 2021-01-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A small team is not a compromise: it is the only size at which everyone is in the room for every decision, including the ones outside their discipline. — tap to centre the map on it
A small team is not a compromise: it is the only size at which everyone is in the room for every decision, including the ones outside their discipline.
Last stated 6 months ago
11 Mar 2026
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Jeff Kaplan — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A plain text file and a basic editor are everything anyone needs in order to think and write well; the extra tools add nothing. — tap to centre the map on it
A plain text file and a basic editor are everything anyone needs in order to think and write well; the extra tools add nothing.
Last stated 5 years ago
2 Mar 2022
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Derek Sivers — holds since 2022-03-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Adoption is worth measuring first despite being a bad metric, because developers are cranky enough not to use a tool that is awful. — tap to centre the map on it
Adoption is worth measuring first despite being a bad metric, because developers are cranky enough not to use a tool that is awful.
Last stated 6 months ago
22 Mar 2026
NF
Nicole Forsgren — holds since 2026-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An agent grepping for a name is not semantic search, and the language services an IDE already has are what AI will increasingly need. — tap to centre the map on it
An agent grepping for a name is not semantic search, and the language services an IDE already has are what AI will increasingly need.
Last stated 4 months ago
13 May 2026
AH
Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace. — tap to centre the map on it
A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace.
Last stated 2 months ago
2 Aug 2026
TV
Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth. — tap to centre the map on it
A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth.
Last stated 6 months ago
1 Apr 2026
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Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance. — tap to centre the map on it
A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance.
Last stated 8 years ago
14 Jul 2018
WL
Will Larson — holds since 2018-07-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nix is worth switching your day-to-day package management to, over Homebrew. — tap to centre the map on it
Nix is worth switching your day-to-day package management to, over Homebrew.
Last stated 2 years ago
1 Aug 2024
JE
Julia Evans — holds since 2023-02-28 — tap for who they are
JE
Julia Evans — no longer holds since 2024-08-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Omarchy could reasonably switch its packaging system to Nix. — tap to centre the map on it
Omarchy could reasonably switch its packaging system to Nix.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
29 Aug 2026
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Armin Ronacher — holds since 2026-08-29 — tap for who they are
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-27 — tap for who they are
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Discipline does not scale across teams and engineering organizations, which is a huge reason to use Effect.
Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Dillon Mulroy
Read this korrent →
Similar wording
A few larger teams under experienced engineering managers outperform many tiny teams each led by a working tech lead.
Last stated 5 Jan 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds CM Charity Majors
Similar wording
A language does not need a benevolent dictator: if the responsible team does not sign off on a change, it does not happen.
Last stated 20 May 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds AR Alice Ryhl
Similar wording
Steady experimentation is what a growth team controls, but the step changes come from outside waves the company did not create and would be foolish to ignore.
Last stated 5 Oct 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds AC Albert Cheng
Similar wording
Team output is still what matters, however hard the industry pushes to measure individual output.
Last stated 12 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds CM Charity Majors
Similar wording
Conference programmes and the tech press over-represent complex architectures, so teams copy techniques their scale does not need.
Last stated 6 Apr 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds DL Dan Luu
Similar wording
Making management the only path to career progression is a mistake that costs a company the senior engineers it needs.
Last stated 9 Oct 2021 · 5 years ago
Holds CM Charity MajorsCF Camille Fournier
Similar wording
High consequences cannot be what makes work engineering, because most traditional engineering is low-stakes too.
Last stated 18 Jan 2021 · 6 years ago
Holds HW Hillel Wayne
Similar wording
A small team is not a compromise: it is the only size at which everyone is in the room for every decision, including the ones outside their discipline.
Last stated 11 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds JK Jeff Kaplan
Same subject: developer tools
A plain text file and a basic editor are everything anyone needs in order to think and write well; the extra tools add nothing.
Last stated 2 Mar 2022 · 5 years ago
Holds Derek Sivers
Same subject: developer tools
Adoption is worth measuring first despite being a bad metric, because developers are cranky enough not to use a tool that is awful.
Last stated 22 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds NF Nicole Forsgren
Same subject: developer tools
An agent grepping for a name is not semantic search, and the language services an IDE already has are what AI will increasingly need.
Last stated 13 May 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds AH Anders Hejlsberg
Same subject: team size
A few senior individual contributors can be paid VP money and still cost less than the layered product org they replace.
Last stated 2 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds TV Tom Verrilli
Same subject: team size
A functionally organised engineering team seizes up at around a hundred people, because every feature then has to be negotiated against every other team's bandwidth.
Last stated 1 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds TP Thuan Pham
Same subject: team size
A group of fewer than four people is not a team: it behaves like a set of individuals, and a single departure knocks it back into maintenance.
Last stated 14 Jul 2018 · 8 years ago
Holds WL Will Larson
Same subject: Nix
Nix is worth switching your day-to-day package management to, over Homebrew.
Last stated 1 Aug 2024 · 2 years ago
No longer holds JE Julia Evans
Same subject: Nix
Omarchy could reasonably switch its packaging system to Nix.
Last stated 29 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds Armin Ronacher David Heinemeier Hansson