PinnedInThe AcademicbyBruno Baketarić·Sep 12The Floor of the WorkA team has a request in front of it that is plainly too large to build in one go, and it does the sensible thing: it breaks the request…A response icon3A response icon3
InThe AcademicbyBruno Baketarić·4d agoBuilt to Be Finished LaterDecision decks in software organisations have a recognisable page. It lists use cases, one sentence each, sometimes with a subline…A response icon5A response icon5
InDevOps.devbyBruno Baketarić·Oct 24Decided ElsewhereEvery specification leaves something unsaid, and a running system does something in every case anyway. Between the two, something decides…
InAgile InsiderbyBruno Baketarić·Oct 17Limited Budget, Unlimited DemandWhy efficiency gains in internal IT disappear, and the one cost that limits demand while improving the work.A response icon4A response icon4
InAgile InsiderbyBruno Baketarić·Oct 10What DevEx Keeps Finding and Never CarriesIn 2026, Microsoft published a description of the measurement system it runs across tens of thousands of its developers. The system…A response icon3A response icon3
InDevOps.devbyBruno Baketarić·Oct 3Provided, Otherwise: The Missing Guard in GherkinIf AI agents write the code, the work that remains sits at the two ends of the pipeline: saying what should be built, and checking that it…A response icon8A response icon8
InBeyond LocalhostbyBruno Baketarić·Sep 26The Quality No Team OwnsA team ships a change. Their tests pass, all of them. The service they own behaves exactly as its specification says it should. Downstream…A response icon1A response icon1
InAgile InsiderbyBruno Baketarić·Sep 19The Estate Is Not a TreeAn enterprise system serves several business processes. A business process runs through several systems. Neither observation is…A response icon2A response icon2
InAgile InsiderbyBruno Baketarić·Sep 5The Shape Nobody Wrote DownEverything was written down and it still did not transmit. What the people who built the system were holding had never been in any…A response icon7A response icon7
InClassroombyBruno Baketarić·Aug 29The Detail That Prevents the DetailThere is a familiar complaint about product managers: they are too buried in detail to do strategic work. The day fills with tickets…A response icon2A response icon2