Stories by mcrittenden

Blogging as a Zettelkasten

How A Cache Stampede Caused One of Facebook’s Biggest Outages

Use the smallest word that does the job

Writing Tips from the Masters

The resilience of mixed seniority engineering teams

Giving advice is a last resort

I schedule my friendships like I schedule my meetings

90% of Everything Is Crap

Death to Covert Contracts

Consistency Before Quality

If it will matter after today, don't talk about it in a chat room

A simple process beats a perfect process

Atomic Blog Posts

Don't Flip the Bozo Bit

Ask HN: Is there a HN but for management/leadership?

Death to Private Chats

Goodhart’s law, perverse incentives, and rats with no tails

Just start a dang blog already

2020: My Year of Mantras

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