Enabling people striving to make their own dent in the Universe.
rails-walked rule closes that: a release that ships a feature with no passing code review now fails the gate, loudly, before you tag it.
.ssd/ history version-controlled in a separate private repo — so private mode no longer means your methodology record is untracked files on a single machine.Opinionated articles on how work actually moves — at whatever scale you are working at.
Most companies measure activity. Flow is the thing that pays. How to instrument an organization the way you would instrument a factory — and what AI changes about the instrument.
Reference ArchitectureSoftware that builds and configures itself to the reality of the manufacturer — from a two-person startup to Nestlé or Apple.
Engineering practice for the developer who is also the PM, QA, DevOps, and support team.
ComparisonScrum, Kanban, Shape Up, XP, and SSD — for teams of 1–5.
CritiqueScrum was designed for 5–9. Below 3, the ceremony costs more than it delivers.
QualityEncode quality in CI. The teeth of the ratchet are tests, types, and lint rules.
ReleasesDecouple deploy from release. Make the release a flag flip and a changelog entry.
SimplificationMost lifecycle complexity is scar tissue from past deployment trauma.