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Launch HN: Spinach.io (YC W22) – Better daily standups

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Re: Launch HN: Spinach.io (YC W22) – Better daily standups

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Post by bigtunacan »

itake wrote: post #137
noam_compsci wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I feel sad for your teams. I mean this with respect but you should consider management training.

This strategy is set by my manager. The only feedback I am seeing in this post is how standup should be used to report blocks. I encourage my team to message me when they have questions and not to wait until a sync meeting to report issues. We rarely discuss blockers because those are address in 1:1 or project focused meetings.

Why would blockers wait for 1:1s and project meetings? Hopefully those are happening less frequently and should be addressed sooner.

But the in another of your replies you said you want people to contact you directly when there is a blocker rather than wait until the following standup? Those statements seem contradictory.

It sounds like you prefer to micromanage rather than really being Agile and allowing developer autonomy. This approach just frustrates good developers who want to learn enough about the business and the team that they can go directly to the source rather than having a micromanager as a go between too continually slow down the team.

Re: Launch HN: Spinach.io (YC W22) – Better daily standups

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Post by rukuu001 »

SOLAR_FIELDS wrote: post #114
vertis wrote: post #24

Firstly, congrats on launching. Hard work is hard. I don't want to be negative on your launch day, but at the same time feedback is important. 1. I couldn't see myself or the many agile/lean teams I've been part of using this. I don't feel enough of a burden when walking the board for this to be worth the money. 2. A user in spinach.io costs effectively the same amount as a user in Slack, the difference is that I'm g…

100% on “prep that doesn’t get done”. We have a slackbot at my place of work that asks people to do extremely quick updates for yesterday, today in lieu of the standup. Even getting people to consistently do that is an exercise.

Yes. As a lead with a team spread across time zones, I’m constantly reminding (nagging) people to check in. I don’t want to have to corral people into a ‘least inconvenient’ meeting slot to get updates.

Re: Launch HN: Spinach.io (YC W22) – Better daily standups

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Post by pc86 »

itake wrote: post #136
pc86 wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm an EM as well and this is horrible, both from a personnel management standpoint but also just from the "understanding what the standup is for" standpoint. You should be using standups to hear what your teams' blockers are, then spend the rest of the day getting rid of those blockers.

I prefer to be told when blockers happen and not 12-24 hours later. There are many different types of management styles though...

They're not mutually exclusive.

Re: Launch HN: Spinach.io (YC W22) – Better daily standups

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Post by mudrockbestgirl »

Has anyone else noticed the number of comments (and upvotes) that are very likely fake/misleading? Many 1-karma accounts that I doubt made their first comment only because they love this product so much, and other founders/colleagues/cohort that are probably just friends.

I get this is the "growth hacking" mindset, but it really sucks. I wish this wasn't allowed on HN. This product clearly wouldn't be anywhere near the front page without this fake engagement.

Re: Launch HN: Spinach.io (YC W22) – Better daily standups

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Post by rekoros »

mudrockbestgirl wrote: post #146

Has anyone else noticed the number of comments (and upvotes) that are very likely fake/misleading? Many 1-karma accounts that I doubt made their first comment only because they love this product so much, and other founders/colleagues/cohort that are probably just friends. I get this is the "growth hacking" mindset, but it really sucks. I wish this wasn't allowed on HN. This product clearly wouldn't be anywhere near t…

"Launch HN" is a perk/benefit available to some YC-funded startups, so it's sort of "unfair by design".

https://news.ycombinator.com/yli.html

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