If you work in tech and haven't heard about "being glue", I would say that it's vital to read about it:

https://noidea.dog/glue by @whereistanya

You'll either feel extremely heard, or it will open your eyes to what some of your (disproportionately female) coworkers struggle with on a regular basis.

A big thanks to @stevenjmesser for writing about the UK cross government Slack: https://x-govuk.github.io/posts/how-to-use-cross-government-slack/

This platform and community is essential for enabling (otherwise rare) cross government collaboration.

#govdesign

accidentally wrote "saad" instead of "saas" in a text to my partner; they immediately coined "Software as a Disappointment"

and honestly, where is the lie

After working as a Software Developer for 14 years now, Scaled Agile / SAFe / Enterprise Agile is the best methodology I have seen if your plan is to burn out your teams as fast as possible.

Combining short sprints with long-term-planning while taking away autonomy from the team is not agile, it is just a lot of unmovable fucking deadlines in short succession.

"If the train leaves every 5 minutes you don't care about a timetable. If it leaves every 2 days you want to know *exactly* when it leaves"

Great analogy from Marcus Hamrin reflecting on planning, estimating and software delivery.