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Skeet of the Week

ACAB includes the linter ✊ — searyanc.dev

Work

• An introduction to thinking about risk (jacobian.org)

  Jacob Kaplan-Moss starts their series “Thinking About Risk” with this introduction. Make sure to check out Part 2 about Mitigation.

• Networking For People Who Don't Network (blog.staysaasy.com)

  This article gives a minimum-effort guide to networking, and what pattern to avoid.

• How to plan? (kellanem.com)

  Kellan Elliott-McCrea shares twelve ways to make (yearly) planning suck less.

• Context NOT Control (antmurphy.me)

  Ant Murphy shares four actions to improve clarity in teams, and why that’s important.

• Parkinson's Law: It's Real, So Use It (theengineeringmanager.substack.com)

  James Stanier about the power of deadlines, even if self-imposed.

• How To Anticipate and Come Out Ahead In Reorgs (news.yuezhao.coach)

  Yue Zhao explains strategies to be in the right place at the right time when a reorg happens.

Software

• A high-velocity style of software development (mihaiolteanu.me)

  Mihai Olteanu shares different techniques that help them develop software.

Cutting Room Floor

• What the Murder of the UnitedHealthcare C.E.O. Means to America (newyorker.com)

  Jia Tolentino about the murder of Brian Thompson, and the unprecedented public reaction.