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Everything filed under management management Everything filed under team size team size Everything filed under CSS CSS Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject 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 jobrather than something to be paid extrafor, except where paying for it is theonly way to make management fund thereliability 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 inproduction, and it is management’sjob to make sure that on-call doesnot 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 atleast six engineers for every alertto get an engineer's full attention. Last stated 4 days ago 3 Sept 2026 GO 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-callrotation is a five-alarm emergency,not a normal cost of owning code inproduction. 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 ayear on call is reasonable, and morethan that is a management failurerather 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 finishesevery project is adding their valuerather 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 createbusiness value rather than toprogram things, and the only goalsare adding revenue and cuttingcosts. 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 anengineer’s calendar areincompatible, because management isinterruptive and good engineeringrequires 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 tocareer progression is a mistake thatcosts a company the senior engineersit 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 toupset anybody ends up fighting forthe mediocre, politically expedientidea 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 experiencedengineering managers outperform manytiny teams each led by a workingtech 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'stime is a meetings problem, not acommunication 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 isnot a team: it behaves like a set ofindividuals, and a single departureknocks 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: itis the only size at which everyoneis in the room for every decision,including the ones outside theirdiscipline. 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 anopen-source generalist policy andfine-tune it on day one, rather thanscale up its own specialist modelsfirst. 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 specshould be and build it in HTML andCSS themselves, not make a productmanager'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 asite you're happy with, even withoutstrong 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 JE Julia Evans — no longer holds since 2026-05-15 — tap for who they are
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