Ship fast without breaking things

Every team slows down as it grows. More people, more code, more meetings, less shipping. It doesn't have to be that way.

These essays dig into velocity, teamwork, and taming complexity โ€” the engineering side and the people side. They're the thinking behind Scaling Fast, my book on software engineering through hypergrowth.

Essays on shipping fast

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Writing software is like kicking a can

Writing software is a playful process of exploration and discovery. Like a game of kick the can on a Sunday walk.

The Italian foods theory of bad software design ๐Ÿ

Spaghetti code โ€“ unstructured Ravioli code โ€“ too structured Lasagna code โ€“ layered wrong Minestrone software โ€“ unclear domains