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The vibe I get from this article: If the customers of the software written today cared about quality -- and they _should_ care about quality -- they'd demand a higher standard of q…

To make this concrete: terraform for me has been part code, part configuration. I define a resource, and provide a whole set of knobs on that resource. That's the code part. I test…

I don't see the current model as a single model, but as several models interrelating. In software, there are at least three models I can think of immediately: code, configuration a…

> A field which has so many tools to objectively quantify their work and the result so often are debates displaying poorly concealed biases and egos. This felt wrong when I read it…

There was a possibility I proposed, which I think you missed. Maybe they _aren't_ miserable. They might be suffering in some ways. They might even complain about it. That doesn't m…

It seems many commenters in several threads are making the same point. I'll summarize it here: > Creating an excessively competitive environment by working longer hours because of …

We could perhaps get better software, but at what cost? One of the nice things about engineering disciplines is that costs can be reasonably forecast. There are spectacular counter…

I'm going to ask a question that I fear will have me labelled as naively privileged almost beyond any hope of my eventually redemption. Are we as individuals hopelessly trapped in …

I completely agree with you! It boggles my mind how much people will tend to treat negotiations, amongst so many other things, as zero-sum games. If that were true, anyone who clai…

This may depend upon where you are, and perhaps a number of other factors, but since we are mostly speaking in gross generalizations here, I will too. I think you far oversell the …

I really hope people do not misunderstand this article. Until I reminded myself to assume good faith about the author (which is usually worth it with this author), I felt myself as…

Pocket Change - San Francisco (SoMA) We are creating a universal loyalty currency, akin to AmEx points, that users can spend on virtual and physical goods. We are growing rapidly, …

A candidate who is at an elevated risk of being replaced by severance, which is a position most new hires are in, is probably putting their aspirations on hold while you figure out…

Actually, I think "hire them on a temporary basis" is more egomaniacal than obsessing over job interview questions. For someone to work for you as a temp, they have to leave their …