Standup at 9 Means Nothing Before Coffee
They moved standup to 9 a.m. for alignment. Half the team is parents. Half is West Coast. Alignment became yawns. I suggested async updates. My manager said...
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Maya Chen
The AI Demo That Summarized My Standup
A new internal tool summarizes standups into insights. It said I was blocked. I was thinking. The difference matters. Productivity culture loves output metri...
Standup Updates Are Performance Reviews in Disguise
I said blocked on API keys in standup. My manager heard not working. That is not what I said. That is what the format encourages. Three sentences to compress...
The Tabs We Keep Are the Lies We Tell Ourselves
Browser tabs aren't research tools — they're emotional crutches. A sharp editorial on why we hoard open tabs and what deleting them actually means.
Your Developer Portfolio Is Everyone's Developer Portfolio
Developer portfolios all look the same — dark mode, gradient text, bento grids. Here's why that's a thinking problem, not a design problem.
AI Won't Replace Developers. Vague Mandates Might.
AI won't replace software developers — but vague 'integrate AI' mandates from leadership might break engineering teams. Here's what actually needs to change.