This is absurd to me. Standups are quick and it is helpful to know what everyone is working on. And they can serve as a time when you are up front about being s

This is absurd to me. Standups are quick and it is helpful to know what everyone is working on. And they can serve as a time when you are up front about being stuck on something and get some help from a teammate when maybe otherwise you might have just kept tinkering or hammering away in your own world. It’s just a little nudge to share your status and keep everyone on the same page. It prevents wondering what your colleague is typing up a storm about which is a natural human curiosity. And the author says make it async, I agree! That’s not against the spirit of standups, I’ve worked on remote teams with an asynchronous standup slack channel. The most common problem I’ve seen with standups is they can become more than status updates and end up a time during the day to brag about your accomplishments or justify your status within a team/project. Usually to keep management happy or angle for an agenda other than keeping the team together.