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Agent Efficiency Beats Autonomy

Not all AI automation is a win

Jun 25 • Kevin Borders

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February 2026

What Would Good Agent Productivity Metrics Look Like?

People have been clamoring for AI impact metrics over the past year.

Feb 10 • Kevin Borders

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November 2025

Good Ticket Hygiene Helps Engineers Too

Why keeping Jira up-to-date benefits everyone, not just managers

Nov 20, 2025 • Kevin Borders

October 2025

Driving Revenue with Strategic Tech Debt Management

If managed well, fixing tech debt can do more than just reduce costs

Oct 26, 2025 • Kevin Borders

June 2025

The Danger of Doing What You Love

Why you should think twice about this age-old advice

Jun 24, 2025 • Kevin Borders

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April 2025

Discipline Is the Foundation of Innovation

Why achieving big things requires executing everything else by the book

Apr 29, 2025 • Kevin Borders

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March 2025

Reducing Cycle Times With Design As Code

How to automate visual asset production

Mar 3, 2025 • Kevin Borders

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January 2025

You Need Data to Write a Fair Engineering Performance Review

How to reduce engineering performance review bias with data

Jan 16, 2025 • Kevin Borders

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December 2024

Startup CEO’s Productivity Hack: Extreme Single-Tasking

How to take context-switching avoidance to the next level

Dec 2, 2024 • Kevin Borders

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November 2024

To Sprint, or Not To Sprint

How to decide whether and which sprint processes are right for you

Nov 8, 2024 • Kevin Borders

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Yes, You Can Measure Technical Debt

How to calculate costs and build the business case for fixing technical debt

Nov 1, 2024 • Kevin Borders

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October 2024

Hire the Most Expensive Engineers You Can Find

Why those who cost the most are the best bargain, and how to recruit them

Oct 4, 2024 • Kevin Borders

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