Archive - minimal engineering

Discipline Is the Foundation of Innovation

Why achieving big things requires executing everything else by the book

21 hrs ago •

March 2025

Reducing Cycle Times With Design As Code

How to automate visual asset production

Mar 3 •

January 2025

You Need Data to Write a Fair Engineering Performance Review

How to reduce engineering performance review bias with data

Jan 16 •

December 2024

Startup CEO’s Productivity Hack: Extreme Single-Tasking

How to take context-switching avoidance to the next level

Dec 2, 2024 •

November 2024

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 •

September 2024

Don’t Fall for the Return-to-Office Hype

Others are doing it, but that doesn’t mean you should too

Sep 30, 2024 •

What Every CEO Should Know About Software Planning

How business leaders can use planning processes and metrics to prevent project failures

Sep 23, 2024 •

Want To Ship Features Faster? Fix All Your Bugs

How fixing all bugs with an SLA can increase feature velocity

Sep 12, 2024 •

Advanced Sprint Metrics Are for Everyone

Good processes can save you time, regardless of your team’s size or maturity.

Sep 6, 2024 •

August 2024

Calculating Your Interruption Tax

How to quantify and reduce the impact of interruptions on software development

Aug 29, 2024 •

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