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Read this korrent: 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.
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
CM
Charity Majors — holds since 2022-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Engineers should own their code in production, and it is management’s job to make sure that on-call does not suck. — tap to centre the map on it
Engineers should own their code in production, and it is management’s job to make sure that on-call does not suck.
Last stated 4 years ago
30 Jun 2022
CM
Charity Majors — holds since 2022-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A healthy on-call rotation needs at least six engineers for every alert to get an engineer's full attention. — tap to centre the map on it
A healthy on-call rotation needs at least six engineers for every alert to get an engineer's full attention.
Last stated 4 days ago
3 Sept 2026
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Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A permanently painful on-call rotation is a five-alarm emergency, not a normal cost of owning code in production. — tap to centre the map on it
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
CM
Charity Majors — holds since 2022-06-30 — 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
CM
Charity Majors — holds since 2022-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A manager whose own code finishes every project is adding their value rather than multiplying the team’s. — tap to centre the map on it
A manager whose own code finishes every project is adding their value rather than multiplying the team’s.
Last stated 5 years ago
9 Oct 2021
CF
Camille Fournier — holds since 2021-10-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Engineers are hired to create business value rather than to program things, and the only goals are adding revenue and cutting costs. — tap to centre the map on it
Engineers are hired to create business value rather than to program things, and the only goals are adding revenue and cutting costs.
Last stated 15 years ago
28 Oct 2011
PM
Patrick McKenzie — holds since 2011-10-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A manager’s calendar and an engineer’s calendar are incompatible, because management is interruptive and good engineering requires blocking interruptions out. — tap to centre the map on it
A manager’s calendar and an engineer’s calendar are incompatible, because management is interruptive and good engineering requires blocking interruptions out.
Last stated 9 years ago
11 May 2017
CM
Charity Majors — holds since 2017-05-11 — 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
CF
Camille Fournier — holds since 2021-10-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company where nobody is willing to upset anybody ends up fighting for the mediocre, politically expedient idea instead of the best one. — tap to centre the map on it
A company where nobody is willing to upset anybody ends up fighting for the mediocre, politically expedient idea instead of the best one.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
14 Aug 2026
TK
Travis Kalanick — holds since 2026-08-14 — 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 meeting that wastes everyone's time is a meetings problem, not a communication problem. — tap to centre the map on it
A meeting that wastes everyone's time is a meetings problem, not a communication problem.
Last stated a year ago
5 Jun 2025
LF
Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-06-05 — 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: 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
JK
Jeff Kaplan — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A small team should start from an open-source generalist policy and fine-tune it on day one, rather than scale up its own specialist models first. — tap to centre the map on it
A small team should start from an open-source generalist policy and fine-tune it on day one, rather than scale up its own specialist models first.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
12 Aug 2026
CF
Chelsea Finn — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Designers should find what the spec should be and build it in HTML and CSS themselves, not make a product manager's spec look pretty. — tap to centre the map on it
Designers should find what the spec should be and build it in HTML and CSS themselves, not make a product manager's spec look pretty.
Last stated 5 months ago
8 Apr 2026
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Tailwind is a good way to build a site you're happy with, even without strong CSS skills of your own. — tap to centre the map on it
Tailwind is a good way to build a site you're happy with, even without strong CSS skills of your own.
Last stated 4 months ago
15 May 2026
JE
Julia Evans — holds since 2018-11-01 — tap for who they are
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Julia Evans — no longer holds since 2026-05-15 — tap for who they are
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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 30 Jun 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds CM Charity Majors
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Engineers should own their code in production, and it is management’s job to make sure that on-call does not suck.
Last stated 30 Jun 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds CM Charity Majors
Similar wording
A healthy on-call rotation needs at least six engineers for every alert to get an engineer's full attention.
Last stated 3 Sept 2026 · 4 days ago
Holds Gergely Orosz
Similar wording
A permanently painful on-call rotation is a five-alarm emergency, not a normal cost of owning code in production.
Last stated 30 Jun 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds CM Charity Majors
Similar wording
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 30 Jun 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds CM Charity Majors
Similar wording
A manager whose own code finishes every project is adding their value rather than multiplying the team’s.
Last stated 9 Oct 2021 · 5 years ago
Holds CF Camille Fournier
Similar wording
Engineers are hired to create business value rather than to program things, and the only goals are adding revenue and cutting costs.
Last stated 28 Oct 2011 · 15 years ago
Holds PM Patrick McKenzie
Similar wording
A manager’s calendar and an engineer’s calendar are incompatible, because management is interruptive and good engineering requires blocking interruptions out.
Last stated 11 May 2017 · 9 years ago
Holds CM Charity Majors
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
Same subject: management
A company where nobody is willing to upset anybody ends up fighting for the mediocre, politically expedient idea instead of the best one.
Last stated 14 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds TK Travis Kalanick
Same subject: management
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
Same subject: management
A meeting that wastes everyone's time is a meetings problem, not a communication problem.
Last stated 5 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds LF Lex Fridman
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: team size
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: team size
A small team should start from an open-source generalist policy and fine-tune it on day one, rather than scale up its own specialist models first.
Last stated 12 Aug 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds CF Chelsea Finn
Same subject: CSS
Designers should find what the spec should be and build it in HTML and CSS themselves, not make a product manager's spec look pretty.
Last stated 8 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: CSS
Tailwind is a good way to build a site you're happy with, even without strong CSS skills of your own.
Last stated 15 May 2026 · 4 months ago
No longer holds JE Julia Evans