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Spooked: Ghostbusters, Change Management, and the Domino Theory of Reality

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Learning to Crawl: Site Performance and Googlebot

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CTO Interviews: A Perspective from a Hiring CTO

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Navigating Big Tech: Understanding Platforms and Aggregators as the Little Guy

Through the lens of cargo cults and Chesterton's Fence, this article provides a practical framework for understanding and refining your software team's rituals and processes.

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Fixing Bad Engineering Rituals: Cargo Cults and Chesterton’s Fence

Pirate, Robot, Ninja is a framework for thinking about the different archetypes of engineers. It's a useful tool for software leaders to understand their teams with.

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