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Thanks so much for this brilliant comment. Indeed, this is statistical process control. What I meant by “engineering” was that it applies to software engineerin

Thanks so much for this brilliant comment. Indeed, this is statistical process control. What I meant by “engineering” was that it applies to software engineering teams. I’ll consider adapting the title, but not sure whether folks would grasp my intent as quickly

8note 4y ago
Swapping "engineering" to "software management" would be clearer. Velocity has a strong definition in engineering that has been borrowed and misused in software management. I expected the article to be about accelerometers and how the ill effects of vibration have been mitigated
- archibaldJ 4y ago
  > has been borrowed and misused in software management. as a software engineer, I really apprecaite this. > about accelerometers and how the ill effects of vibration have been mitigated I really hope I can mitigate vibrations of mood, esp the procrastinatory kinds. But then I don't want to over-"engineer" my behaviours or it would start to become existential. Like sometimes I don't even know what is meaningful anymore (despite working on my dream job), or if I can truly humanly love myself. Being human is tough.
  - q7xvh97o2pDhNrh 4y ago
    An old mentor used to talk about "installing shock absorbers" (in the metaphorical sense) for this sort of thing. Hope you're doing okay, dude. Meaning doesn't mean much, but learning to love and be happy is (from what I can gather) far more important than the zeroes and ones we tinker with. I'm trying to figure it out myself and waiting for the good times to come around again, too.
    - archibaldJ 4y ago
      > Meaning doesn't mean much, but learning to love and be happy is (from what I can gather) far more important... Thanks. This hits me hard. I think I've been focusing too much on "meaning" (and trying to do the meaningful things, etc) and over-exhausted myself. I think I need to practise loving and being happy more. That turns out doesn't come automatically.
  - pgorczak 4y ago
    Maybe you don’t need to completely mitigate those vibrations and they’re just a part of moving through life as a human. A very related image that stuck with me is “run on the engine, not the pistons”.
- nicwilson 4y ago
  I think velocity of development is more like velocity of money than velocity of a car.

8note 4y ago

Swapping "engineering" to "software management" would be clearer. Velocity has a strong definition in engineering that has been borrowed and misused in software management. I expected the article to be about accelerometers and how the ill effects of vibration have been mitigated

archibaldJ 4y ago
> has been borrowed and misused in software management. as a software engineer, I really apprecaite this. > about accelerometers and how the ill effects of vibration have been mitigated I really hope I can mitigate vibrations of mood, esp the procrastinatory kinds. But then I don't want to over-"engineer" my behaviours or it would start to become existential. Like sometimes I don't even know what is meaningful anymore (despite working on my dream job), or if I can truly humanly love myself. Being human is tough.
- q7xvh97o2pDhNrh 4y ago
  An old mentor used to talk about "installing shock absorbers" (in the metaphorical sense) for this sort of thing. Hope you're doing okay, dude. Meaning doesn't mean much, but learning to love and be happy is (from what I can gather) far more important than the zeroes and ones we tinker with. I'm trying to figure it out myself and waiting for the good times to come around again, too.
  - archibaldJ 4y ago
    > Meaning doesn't mean much, but learning to love and be happy is (from what I can gather) far more important... Thanks. This hits me hard. I think I've been focusing too much on "meaning" (and trying to do the meaningful things, etc) and over-exhausted myself. I think I need to practise loving and being happy more. That turns out doesn't come automatically.
- pgorczak 4y ago
  Maybe you don’t need to completely mitigate those vibrations and they’re just a part of moving through life as a human. A very related image that stuck with me is “run on the engine, not the pistons”.
nicwilson 4y ago
I think velocity of development is more like velocity of money than velocity of a car.