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Five for Friday – March 14, 2025The world is weird. Here are some weird - and not weird things I saw this week. I dug this article on...

Five for Friday – March 14, 2025

The world is weird. Here are some weird - and not weird things I saw this week. I dug this article on Simple tips for managing any project - it's full of practical tips (many of which have worked for me). What to do when your manager asks "how can I help?" I really liked this article on Crawling out of the Incident pit of despair…

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Five for Friday – March 7, 2025I skipped a week - but I'm back for today at least. Here are a few interesting things I found this...

Five for Friday – March 7, 2025

I skipped a week - but I'm back for today at least. Here are a few interesting things I found this week. Great article this week on Lenny's Newsletter about developer productivity - Introducing Core 4: The best way to measure and improve your product velocity This article on Should managers still code? answers this often-asked question - and so much more.

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Five for Friday – February 21, 2025It's been an interesting week (aren't they all these days?). Here are a few things you may (or...

Five for Friday – February 21, 2025

It's been an interesting week (aren't they all these days?). Here are a few things you may (or may not) like. Let's lead with good news. It was great to see Ash Hunsberger talking with Janet Gregory and Lisa Crispin about Developer Experience. I've been fortunate enough to work with Ash the last year, and she's amazing. I thought there was a lot of truth in this post on…

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a bit about writing...

a bit about writing less

https://open.substack.com/pub/angryweasel/p/the-tired-weasel?r=ngs26&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Five for Friday – February 14, 2025Back again for another week of semi-interesting links. I don't even know where to start with DOGE....

Five for Friday – February 14, 2025

Back again for another week of semi-interesting links. I don't even know where to start with DOGE. They don't appear to know what they're doing, nor how relational databases work. And apparently - anyone can edit their website. What a fucking mess. On a more positive (but not that postive) note, it's performance review season at a lot of companies.

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Five for Friday – February 7, 2025I took last week off - nobody noticed (or at least nobody said anything). For those of you reading,...

Five for Friday – February 7, 2025

I took last week off - nobody noticed (or at least nobody said anything). For those of you reading, here are a few fun articles I read this week. I met Alessandra Moreira many years ago in Australia. Her substack is wonderful, and I especially liked this article on Why Engineering Leaders Must Rethink Testing to Build Reliable Software I thought…

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as if I need to write even more about...

as if I need to write even more about transparency

https://open.substack.com/pub/angryweasel/p/false-secrets?r=ngs26&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Five for Friday – January 24, 2025It's another week of interesting things on the internet. Here are five worth sharing. I enjoyed...

Five for Friday – January 24, 2025

It's another week of interesting things on the internet. Here are five worth sharing. I enjoyed this article on 3 Things to Embrace to Elevate Your Company’s Culture ...and I also enjoyed this one on Employee autonomy explained I've used copilot a bit for personal projects, and think that AI code gen can be pretty fantastic - however, AI is Creating a Generation of Illiterate Programmers…

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Five for Friday – January 17, 2025Back again - here are a few things I found this week that I thought were worth sharing. I often give...

Five for Friday – January 17, 2025

Back again - here are a few things I found this week that I thought were worth sharing. I often give similar advice, but maybe someone else saying it (and better) will mean more. Why Leaders Shouldn't Try To Do It All I enjoyed (and agreed with) this article on Skip Level 1:1s I thought this article on The River: A Better Way to Code…

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the nuance and terror of managing...

the nuance and terror of managing up

https://open.substack.com/pub/angryweasel/p/when-up-is-too-much?r=ngs26&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Five for Friday – January 10, 2025I'm back. I never left, and I never stopped consuming content - I just took a break from sharing...

Five for Friday – January 10, 2025

I'm back. I never left, and I never stopped consuming content - I just took a break from sharing things I liked. The break is over - and while nobody complained about no posts for a month here are some things to look at anyway. Tim Ottinger has a nice article on Estimates vs. No Estimates which a lot of you should probably read.

https://angryweasel.com/blog/five-for-friday-january-10-2025/

wrapping up my probably too hard...

wrapping up my probably too hard puzzle

https://open.substack.com/pub/angryweasel/p/puzzling?r=ngs26&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

a small rant on...

a small rant on feedback

https://open.substack.com/pub/angryweasel/p/stopping-starting-and-continuing?r=ngs26&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

final chance to solve the 2025 angryweasel puzzle...

final chance to solve the 2025 angryweasel puzzle challenge

https://open.substack.com/pub/angryweasel/p/penultimate-puzzle-post?r=ngs26&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

the risks of risk...

the risks of risk management

https://open.substack.com/pub/angryweasel/p/risky-business?r=ngs26&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

some thoughts on influencing without...

some thoughts on influencing without authority

https://open.substack.com/pub/angryweasel/p/easier-said-than-done?r=ngs26&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Five for Friday – November 22, 2024First things first, I'm going to take the rest of the year off after today. Next week is a...

Five for Friday – November 22, 2024

First things first, I'm going to take the rest of the year off after today. Next week is a holiday, and then December is madness. I'll do a few more posts in my other blog, and then hit the ground running in 2025. First thing worth reading is a short and pragmatic plea that on-call shifts last from…

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Five for Friday – November 15, 2025Another week, another five things I felt like sharing. I have dealt with, and made fun of "flaky...

Five for Friday – November 15, 2025

Another week, another five things I felt like sharing. I have dealt with, and made fun of "flaky tests" for a good chunk of my career (probably a full blog post on this topic someday). I'm excited to see actual research and tools from trunk.io on some ways to identify and fix flakiness in large test suites. I once got a VIP tour at Riot (including playing Leage in their gaming complex).

https://angryweasel.com/blog/five-for-friday-november-15-2025/

some thoughts on telling vs...

some thoughts on telling vs leading

https://open.substack.com/pub/angryweasel/p/they-wont-wanna?r=ngs26&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Five for Friday – November 8, 2024This. Week. Sucked. Here are your five things worth reading (if you want). I've pointed to this...

Five for Friday – November 8, 2024

This. Week. Sucked. Here are your five things worth reading (if you want). I've pointed to this site before, but worth re-mentioning What The Fuck Just Happened Today is a great recap of, well, what the fuck just happened today. I enjoyed this post from Laura Tacho on Dumb Leadership Mistakes I Made. Admittedly, I've made one or two (or more) of these myself.

https://angryweasel.com/blog/five-for-friday-november-8-2024/