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How to control your employees
When you hire a carpenter, make them use your tools
Apr 25
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David Tate
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How to be a (anti) hero
In the shadow of every strength lies a weakness.
Apr 18
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David Tate
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How to handle complexity
But first, a confession
Apr 7
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David Tate
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March 2025
How to handle working software
Undocumented software that has been working is philosophically dangerous
Mar 24
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David Tate
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How to assign a bug report
Bugs means mistakes, which means that you are stupid, which is frankly quite upsetting
Mar 10
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David Tate
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January 2025
How to understand deadlines (as a developer)
"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by"
Jan 28
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David Tate
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Bad Software Advice: Three Interesting Links #6
WARNING: This edition contains: Hyrum's Law, Documentation, incompetent management, remote work, and AI
Jan 20
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David Tate
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How to handle an IT escape room
You didn't signup for this, but yeah ya did
Jan 6
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David Tate
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December 2024
20 behaviors to get software engineers to respect you more
Sorta kinda not really
Dec 3, 2024
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David Tate
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May 2024
How to solve problems too early
Provide a solution before the problem is fully stated for extra credit
May 28, 2024
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David Tate
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Commentary: How to tell who your best programmer is
As software engineers work together, they determine who is knowledgeable and easy to work with.
May 20, 2024
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David Tate
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How to build the wrong product, semi-accidentally
Ask your customers what they want, then write it down, then build it, then call them back and get a dial tone
May 13, 2024
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David Tate
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