Post #929409
2026-04-04 16:33 UTC
I'm a big fan of this explanation/rant from Andrew Murphy.
Taken as a whole, there are many bottlenecks in a corporate software development process. The "load-bearing" calendar is a great example!
Speeding up code creation just increases pressure on the bottleneck, which decreases throughput.
https://andrewmurphy.io/blog/if-you-thought-the-speed-of-writing-code-was-your-problem-you-have-bigger-problems
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@elizayer@mastodon.social 2026-04-04 16:35
So why are we still trying to optimize code creation? For decades, people with power - executives and product people - have been shifting the blame for strategy failures and poor market insight onto development "productivity." This AI moment should be incredibly clarifying. Like, it should be the reductio ad absurdum of a productivity-centric approach.