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Busy is the New Stupid
How perpetual urgency is sabotaging your most important work.
Jun 8
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Dave Laribee
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May 2025
Engineers, Don’t Fear the Vibe
The best thing to happen to engineers—or the start of a slow erosion of the craft?
May 21
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Jess Brock
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April 2025
Vibe Coding and Learning Debt
Vibing with AI might feel productive in the short term, but watch out for the long-term consequences of trading dopamine hits for deeper learning.
Apr 15
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Dave Laribee
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Engineering Conversations with Michael Feathers
A wide-ranging conversation on contemporary and classic software engineering and design with Michael Feathers, author of "Working Effectively with…
Apr 9
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Dave Laribee
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Product Ecologies: Working with Internal Products
Watch now (65 mins) | What are the advantages and constraints of building products for people who have the same badge as you?
Apr 2
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Dave Laribee
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Anne Steiner
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March 2025
Community Updates & Events
A coach, a programmer, and a product leader walk into a bar...
Mar 6
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Dave Laribee
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October 2024
From Technical Debt to Technical Investment
Our playbook for balancing product delivery with system quality.
Oct 17, 2024
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Dave Laribee
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Anne Steiner
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Your Requirements Suck
But crappy requirements probably aren’t the problem.
Oct 9, 2024
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Dave Laribee
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Your Requirements Suck
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August 2024
What Product-led Means to Engineering
Exploring the differences between project- and product-based engineers.
Aug 21, 2024
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Anne Steiner
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Trigger Words
Words in software product development that make people feel some kind of way.
Aug 15, 2024
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Dave Laribee
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July 2024
Tech Debt from the Product Manager’s POV
Three strategies for more productive outcomes when collaborating with engineering.
Jul 30, 2024
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Anne Steiner
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A Leader’s Guide to Overcommunication
A - Always, B - Be, C - Communicating
Jul 23, 2024
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Dave Laribee
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