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Four Writing Humans. No, Wait, Five.
There is one. Wait, two. No, three. Ok, four humans who directly inspired my writing. (Ok, five.) The list is not in order of importance, but by time: Robert Fulghum,...
Four Writing Humans. No, Wait, Five.
There is one. Wait, two. No, three. Ok, four humans who directly inspired my writing. (Ok, five.) The list is not in order of importance, but by time: Robert Fulghum,...
Apple Charging Guide
I’ve updated the Apple Charging Guide to account for all of the new hardware announced at the September Apple event. One of the recurring marketing blurbs from Apple was the...
Robots Have No Voice
Robot writing has no voice. That’s why you find it annoying. Like it or not, your brain is currently one of the best organic pattern matchers in the known solar...
Sunday Tool Scrutiny
A consistent by-product of periods of intense building (software, a book, a team) — really anything where I am heads-down focusing on the craft — is that all the utilities...
How Grumbles Helps
Having been robot-wrangling for a solid year now, I continue to feel like they give me superpowers. However, like all of us, I have a front-row seat to increasingly attractive...
The Promotion Paradox
In our 101st episode, we kick off a new era of episode titles as your best engineer becomes the interim manager of their own team — delegation, one-on-ones, the three-year...
RIP Claude
I’ve used Claude quite a bit for both the upcoming new book and the next edition of Managing Humans. I wrote the entire book, but, as I’ve done for years,...
Fifteen Tics
Remember Manager Readmes? The idea was that a manager would take the time to write up their leadership style, what they valued, and their principles. A fad that started in...
R.I.P. Your Backlog
If everything is going to plan and your operating system is in dark mode, then randsinrepose.com is now dark for you. If you are a light mode person, you can...
The Title Cards in Blade Runner Are Fucking Amazing
Appreciating typography is a study in paradox. The primary goal of well-designed typography is to help you read the words, not appreciate how the words are composed of letters and...
The Apple Upgrade Situation
The final measure of any financial negotiation is the feeling of whether or not you got a “deal”. That prior sentence… makes no sense. I wrote “measure,” and then six...
The Motivation
Why do I write? I write because I like the mental state created by writing. It calms and quiets me, but that is not why I write. Why do I...
The One About The Important Thing
One hundred episodes. For this occasion, years in the coming, Lyle and I talk about the thing itself — the nuts and bolts of the podcast, including how the robots...
The One About the Pro Leisure Circuit (Again)
In our 99th episode, Rands is back on the Pro Leisure Circuit — infinite time, a suspicious amount of Arc Raiders, and no wind in the sails — and we...
The Mario Meeting
Review season. You start your career thinking the review is the most important milestone of the year, but as an individual, you only see part of the picture. Everyone cares...
The One About The Joy of Bots
In our 98th episode, we list the things we’ve been building with our robots and figure out who we’re really yelling at when it all goes wrong. Mentioned, referenced, or...
What Song is on Repeat in Your Head?
I was sitting at dinner with dear friends, and we made a list of questions we love to ask.
So You Want to Fix Your All Hands
I will now explain why at least 50% of your team finds your current All Hands to be a waste of their time. They believe: Now, I will describe how...
Here’s The Rub: We Don’t Believe You
Welcome, new leader. We’re glad that you are here. Your arrival fills a critical vacancy in our team, and we can’t wait to see what you can do at this...