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by RKoutnik 10y ago
As someone who's specialized in AngularJS optimization [0], this doesn't surprise me in the least. Developers leave plenty of performance optimizations on the table, some worse than this one. The truth of the matter is that in t
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
> But I would worry how that "do what you feel is best" property could possibly trickle down to subordinates within Agile teams. Simple, we don't have subordinates (at least as far as I know). Netflix only hires Sr. devs
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
Wow, I'm sorry to hear about your experience. That must have been an exceptionally crummy time in your life. Here's hoping things have been better for you. If you're ever in the bay area, shoot me an email (in my profile)
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
There's a distinction between 'agile' (the manifesto) and Capital-A Agile. I believe your parent comment is referring to the latter, where Agile has just become yet another way for managers to control their underlings. ...I
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
Generally we have cubes (as far as working space goes). It's up to the teams if they want Agile/Scrum (most don't, a few find it useful, folks are encouraged to experiment). Collaboration, in contrast to many other valley co
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
> I've never encountered any company, nor heard of one, that enacts the advice of that Jobs quote. You should read our culture deck (especially the section about "context, not control", starting at slide 80): http:/&
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
I've switched to using "Only hire people who bring new things to the team" rather than "better than" because the latter assumes that talent is linear. So if your team already had expertise in one area, don't h
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A Proven Cure for JavaScript Fatigue(womack.io)
2 points by RKoutnik 10y ago|0 comments
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
Glad this article helped you out - and no worries about needed to shoot to the next level. There are some great advantages to the Solver level - as you've mentioned, there's plenty of space to play & learn without worrying ab
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by RKoutnik 10y ago
That's a fantastic quote, wish I had known about it before publishing this! (I might just add it in post-facto anyway).
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Implementers, Solvers, and Finders(rkoutnik.com)
205 points by RKoutnik 10y ago|62 comments
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Have you ever legalized marijuana?(steve-yegge.blogspot.com)
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The consolation of temporal perspective(pensees.pascallisch.net)
1 points by RKoutnik 10y ago|0 comments
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A Crossroad Developer(rujordan.com)
1 points by RKoutnik 11y ago|0 comments
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Hacking Calculords(rkoutnik.com)
49 points by RKoutnik 11y ago|2 comments
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Hormesis(en.wikipedia.org)
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The 'Hello World' Fallacy(medium.com)
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Building a Lever(m.signalvnoise.com)
1 points by RKoutnik 11y ago|0 comments
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by RKoutnik 11y ago
I wrote up an article about probing for culture in the interview [0]. Here's the tl;dr: It's really hard to pull out the truth sometimes. Those that aren't looking through rose-colored glasses are outright lying to you. No
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Fighting the ticking clock in your head(m.signalvnoise.com)
1 points by RKoutnik 11y ago|0 comments
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by RKoutnik 11y ago
I've done it, it's an absolute cakewalk. No need to do crazy rooting.
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Project HAVOC: Colonizing Venus with Giant Balloons(youtube.com)
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by RKoutnik 11y ago
I got this earlier this week (uBlock user). Everything worked fine under the same account with uBlock turned off (good Lord, didn't realize how many ads they've added since I last disabled adblock), so I don't think this is
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Moving the Block(blog.codinghorror.com)
1 points by RKoutnik 11y ago|0 comments
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How Coinbase ships product(medium.com)
1 points by RKoutnik 11y ago|0 comments
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Don’t create a sense of urgency, foster a sense of purpose(medium.com)
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Kahuna CEO Adam Marchick Steps Down(fortune.com)
21 points by RKoutnik 11y ago|1 comments
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by RKoutnik 11y ago
"Do not start an open source project if you need praise, warmth and love from your fellow human beings." Ugh, very true. Folks forget that most FOSS work is volunteer & berating the hackers who make it won't help one bit
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On Net Promoter and Data Golems(medium.com)
1 points by RKoutnik 11y ago|0 comments
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Your team is likely violating the first principle of Agile(medium.com)
3 points by RKoutnik 11y ago|0 comments

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