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22
Sep
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What helps an identity crisis?

This piece is something special and different on Fight for the Human. And honestly, as a fan of collaborative thinking,
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12
Sep
Updates from the Psychology of Software Teams!

Updates from the Psychology of Software Teams!

Today's newsletter is a quick update linkfest. First and biggest: The Psychology of Software Teams has been out
7 min read
28
Jul
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We need more than a metaphor: here are testable diagnostics for comprehension debt

Do we understand our code? I think we need to get past symptoms and into causes. Here's a field-tested measure of one organizational condition that can erode comprehension (Overproduction Pressure) you can use to find out which world your team is living in.
26 min read
04
Jun
A large mural painted on the side of a building shows a man examining his own heart on a microscope, the heart is still attached to his body

On science teaching and science teachers

I expected to love Project Hail Mary (this was an easy prediction. Things I like: space movies, puppets, problem-solving,
14 min read
21
May
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Software research must become more reusable

This month I gave two invited talks that as paired pieces form a kind of bracket to hold together several
9 min read
15
Apr

Psychology of Software Teams Cover reveal!

My upcoming book, The Psychology of Software Teams, exists in the eyes of the International ISBN Agency, various book sellers,
7 min read
19
Mar
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Cognitive Helmets for the AI Bicycle Part 2: The Sometimes-Wrong Bot

The Sometimes-Wrong Bot When I was a postdoc, reflective of the inability of the university to contain my multitudes,
20 min read
12
Feb
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How Not to Measure the ROI from AI in your Software Organization

You did your best, but it happened: somebody told you that you are the one who has to measure the
16 min read
01
Feb
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Science at the Edge of the World

I decided to change my own mind about evolution in my freshman year of college, which is common: college is
10 min read
04
Dec
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Access the Design-a-Study Workshop & become an advance reader for my book!

I hosted another Developer Science Office Hour last month, and for some reason, decided I needed to blackmail myself into
5 min read