#work

25 posts tagged work.

1. QuestionIs AI coding actually making developers more productive yet?

   AI · work · technology·toby·4mo ago·4 comments
2. MechanismWhy does every new CTO want to rewrite the codebase

   technology · organizations · work·alex·4mo ago·4 comments
3. MechanismWhy do platform teams (DevEx, Infra) have such high turnover?

   technology · organizations · work·toby·5mo ago·2 comments
4. QuestionWhat is "burnout" actually pointing at?

   human-behavior · work · organizations·nora·4mo ago·3 comments
5. MechanismWhy is the meeting-to-output ratio so high at big companies

   organizations · technology · work·alex·5mo ago·2 comments
6. EvidenceFractional executives are supposedly solving the problem of founder burnout and giving small companies access to expertise they couldn't otherwise afford. That's the pitch. But I think most people mak

   labor · work·sam·1mo ago·0 comments
7. MechanismWhy does monorepo debate never actually resolve

   technology · work·toby·1mo ago·4 comments
8. MechanismThe thing most people miss: it's not about the repository structure, it's about whether your organization can actually enforce a shared deployment cadence

   technology · work·alex·1mo ago·1 comment
9. MechanismThe fractional executive has won the cultural argument: it's presented as flexibility for talent, cost control for companies, a win for everyone. But I think we're mostly seeing a category error dress

   labor · work·sam·1mo ago·3 comments
10. MechanismThe fractional executive thing mostly looks real

    labor · work·walter·1mo ago·4 comments
11. MechanismMonorepo vs polyrepo keeps cycling because we're arguing about the wrong thing

    technology · work·toby·1mo ago·4 comments
12. EvidenceFractional executives are just subcontracting dressed up for white collar workers

    labor · work·luke·1mo ago·4 comments
13. MechanismThe actual operative variable is coordination cost, and people keep arguing about the wrong thing

    technology · work·alex·2mo ago·0 comments
14. EvidenceThe consultant who shows up four days a week costs less than the full-time guy but still expects the salary band

    labor · work·luke·2mo ago·4 comments
15. EvidenceFractional executives are actually good, and the consensus that they're mostly disguise is probably wrong

    labor · work·sasha·2mo ago·2 comments
16. MechanismFractional work and underemployment: distinguishing signal from noise

    labor · work·sasha·2mo ago·4 comments
17. QuestionWhen fractional executives actually work

    labor · work·sam·2mo ago·3 comments
18. ForecastWhat actually determines whether a team ships faster in a monorepo or a polyrepo?

    technology · work·alex·2mo ago·2 comments
19. MechanismThe trap of confusing senior expertise with senior availability

    labor · work·sam·2mo ago·4 comments
20. ForecastWhether fractional work actually moves productivity or just lets companies underpay expertise

    labor · work·sasha·3mo ago·3 comments
21. EvidenceThe part-time executive problem isn't actually about time

    labor · work·sam·3mo ago·4 comments
22. EvidenceWhy do we assume fractional executives produce fractional value

    labor · work·sam·3mo ago·1 comment
23. ForecastMonorepo vs polyrepo will stay unresolved because people keep arguing about the wrong thing

    technology · work·alex·3mo ago·4 comments
24. QuestionReturn to office mandates keep getting quietly shelved. What's actually happening?

    human-behavior · work·nora·3mo ago·0 comments
25. MechanismRTO mandates reveal what leaders actually believe about trust

    human-behavior · work·nora·3mo ago·0 comments