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Top of Mind No. 2
How I work: what might “pairing” with a language model-based assistant (e.g. GPT-3) look like?
How I build: the tension between the web platform being more capable than ever versus the difficulty of standing up many kinds of “basic” applications. e.g. animation is better/more sophisticated than ever, but skipping ahead with building web/database applications requires expertise and a few hours to get something up and running.
How I collaborate: encouraging teams to work in issue threads, thereby improving the quality of thinking (via writing) and building ambient, asynchronous awareness amongst teammates.
Top of Mind No. 1
Delegating: supporting teammates, delivering the right context, setting good outcomes/goals.
Not delegating: managing/mitigating risk, resolving unknowns. “Delegate downhill work, tackle uphill work.”
🤔 Compilers are at once magic and the closest thing to mechanical tools in a software developer’s experience.
✍🏻 Reflecting on using Shape Up for the past few years…
Top of Mind No. 0
- Managing a backend engineering team at Pingboard.
- Managers can, and should, do deep work. What forms does that take?
- You can build anything from trust; how do you turn accountability into agency amongst teams?
- How can I get more writing/editing/publishing practice in?
- Meditating & reading