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The Steady Beat - Issue 25.02.2
Tempering documentation, reclaiming trust, cognitive competence, and dealing with coordination debt.
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.02.1
The cost of context switching, the coordination tax crisis, AI chat as an imprecise coding UI, and "measureship" as an anti-pattern.
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.01.4
The enduring need for human software development, the pitfalls of DIY RAG systems, design anti-patterns, and Agile's role in the Product Model.
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.01.3
Engineering interruptions, a Microsoft branding blunder, the latest product management books, and LLMs drink StackOverflow's milkshake.
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.01.2
Compound AI systems, must-read CS papers for developers, the fall (or not) of Agile, and realistic predictions for AI agents in 2025.
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.01.1
Humans in the loop, design leadership in the AI era, OKR theatre, and AI reality vs. hype for programming.
The Steady Beat - Issue 24.12.3
Hybrid work in 2025, Pentagram leans into AI, all of the Steady product updates in 2024, and the state of AI coding codependence.
The Steady Beat - Issue 24.12.2
Meetings as art, embracing change in UX, banking tech talent, and managing high performers.
The Steady Beat - Issue 24.12.1
The "great detachment", taking design queues from engineers, egoless engineering, and managing for "speed-to-value."
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