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- Fair, data-driven reviews2026-Q440%
- CEO deep-dive on every engineer's ratingOct 15
- !! Write 7 CEO-friendly reviewsperf cycleOct 10
- Everyone rated themselves Exceeds for being agenticOct 9
- What does Meets Expectations mean this year?Oct 12
- VP wants AI-adjusted productivity per engineer??Oct 6
- Promos are budget-neutral this cyclecompmade byOct 8
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- Fair, data-driven reviews2026-Q440%
- CEO deep-dive on every engineer's ratingOct 15
- !! Write 7 CEO-friendly reviewsperf cycleOct 10
- Everyone rated themselves Exceeds for being agenticOct 9
- What does Meets Expectations mean this year?Oct 12
- VP wants AI-adjusted productivity per engineer??Oct 6
- Promos are budget-neutral this cyclecompmade byOct 8
- Fair, data-driven reviews2026-Q440%
- CEO deep-dive on every engineer's ratingOct 15
- !! Write 7 CEO-friendly reviewsperf cycleOct 10
- !! Rewrite all 7, CEO found them too friendlyOct 13
- Everyone rated themselves Exceeds for being agenticOct 9
- What does Meets Expectations mean this year?Oct 12
- VP wants AI-adjusted productivity per engineer??Oct 6
- Promos are budget-neutral this cyclecompmade byOct 8
- Fair, data-driven reviews2026-Q440%
- CEO deep-dive on every engineer's ratingOct 15
- !! Write 7 CEO-friendly reviewsperf cycleOct 10
- Everyone rated themselves Exceeds for being agenticOct 9
- What does Meets Expectations mean this year?Oct 12
- VP wants AI-adjusted productivity per engineer??Oct 6
- Promos are budget-neutral this cyclecompmade byOct 8
- A few ratings are getting revisitedOct 11
- Fair, data-driven reviews2026-Q440%
- CEO deep-dive on every engineer's ratingOct 15
- !! Write 7 CEO-friendly reviewsperf cycleOct 10
- !! Rewrite all 7, CEO found them too friendlyOct 13
- Everyone rated themselves Exceeds for being agenticOct 9
- What does Meets Expectations mean this year?Oct 12
- VP wants AI-adjusted productivity per engineer??Oct 6
- Promos are budget-neutral this cyclecompmade byOct 8
- A few ratings are getting revisitedOct 11
- Grow the platform team to 82026-Q475%
- Re-approval for the 2 approved rolesheadcountadded 34d ago
- JD: remove rockstar, familySep 11
- JD: add unlimited PTO
- Best candidate withdrew after asking about on-callOct 7
- All take-homes look identical nowOct 2
- Is the take-home dead?
- New take-home: review a PR written by AIinterview loopOct 5
- Grow the platform team to 82026-Q475%
- Re-approval for the 2 approved rolesheadcountadded 34d ago
- Re-approval of the re-approvaladded today
- JD: remove rockstar, familySep 11
- JD: add unlimited PTO
- Best candidate withdrew after asking about on-callOct 7
- All take-homes look identical nowOct 2
- Is the take-home dead?
- New take-home: review a PR written by AIinterview loopOct 5
- Grow the platform team to 82026-Q475%
- Re-approval for the 2 approved rolesheadcountadded 34d ago
- JD: remove rockstar, familySep 11
- JD: add unlimited PTO
- Best candidate withdrew after asking about on-callOct 7
- All take-homes look identical nowOct 2
- Is the take-home dead?
- New take-home: review a PR written by AIinterview loopOct 5
- The 2 roles are paused, not frozenOct 11
- Grow the platform team to 82026-Q475%
- Re-approval for the 2 approved rolesheadcountadded 34d ago
- Re-approval of the re-approvaladded today
- JD: remove rockstar, familySep 11
- JD: add unlimited PTO
- Best candidate withdrew after asking about on-callOct 7
- All take-homes look identical nowOct 2
- Is the take-home dead?
- New take-home: review a PR written by AIinterview loopOct 5
- The 2 roles are paused, not frozenOct 11
- DR runbook was in the region that went downinfraSep 26
- RCA from the cloud provideradded 15d ago
- Print the DR runbookSep 28
- Status page green the whole timeSep 26
- Rotate the API key pasted in
#incidentsecuritySep 27 - A day off after 3 nights of pages?added 3d ago
- Board deck still says five ninesOct 10
- DR runbook was in the region that went downinfraSep 26
- RCA from the cloud provideradded 15d ago
- Print the DR runbookSep 28
- Status page green the whole timeSep 26
- Rotate the API key pasted in
#incidentsecuritySep 27 - VP picked a name anywayOct 11
- A day off after 3 nights of pages?added 3d ago
- Board deck still says five ninesOct 10
- DR runbook was in the region that went downinfraSep 26
- RCA from the cloud provideradded 15d ago
- Print the DR runbookSep 28
- Status page green the whole timeSep 26
- Rotate the API key pasted in
#incidentsecuritySep 27 - A day off after 3 nights of pages?added 3d ago
- Board deck still says five ninesOct 10
- DR drill moved to Friday afternoonOct 11
- DR runbook was in the region that went downinfraSep 26
- RCA from the cloud provideradded 15d ago
- Print the DR runbookSep 28
- Status page green the whole timeSep 26
- Rotate the API key pasted in
#incidentsecuritySep 27 - VP picked a name anywayOct 11
- A day off after 3 nights of pages?added 3d ago
- Board deck still says five ninesOct 10
- DR drill moved to Friday afternoonOct 11
- Retire the legacy billing system2026-Q435%
- Cutover plan, 90% done for 6 weeksadded 47d ago
- Find out who still calls the old APIbillingSep 29
- Last caller: a mission-critical Excel macro in financeSep 29
- Remove the temporary fix from 2019tech debtOct 19
- Throw an agent swarm at it over the weekend
- Is it legacy if it makes all the money?added 3d ago
- Retire the legacy billing system2026-Q435%
- Cutover plan, 90% done for 6 weeksadded 47d ago
- Find out who still calls the old APIbillingSep 29
- Last caller: a mission-critical Excel macro in financeSep 29
- Remove the temporary fix from 2019tech debtOct 19
- The temporary fix was load-bearingOct 11
- Throw an agent swarm at it over the weekend
- Is it legacy if it makes all the money?added 3d ago
- Retire the legacy billing system2026-Q435%
- Cutover plan, 90% done for 6 weeksadded 47d ago
- Find out who still calls the old APIbillingSep 29
- Last caller: a mission-critical Excel macro in financeSep 29
- Remove the temporary fix from 2019tech debtOct 19
- Throw an agent swarm at it over the weekend
- Is it legacy if it makes all the money?added 3d ago
- Attempt 5 is on the roadmapOct 11
- Retire the legacy billing system2026-Q435%
- Cutover plan, 90% done for 6 weeksadded 47d ago
- Find out who still calls the old APIbillingSep 29
- Last caller: a mission-critical Excel macro in financeSep 29
- Remove the temporary fix from 2019tech debtOct 19
- The temporary fix was load-bearingOct 11
- Throw an agent swarm at it over the weekend
- Is it legacy if it makes all the money?added 3d ago
- Attempt 5 is on the roadmapOct 11
- New org principle: fewer layers, more agentsleadershipSep 20
- !! Update
CODEOWNERSin 340 reposOct 18 - The reason for the reorg, from leadershipadded 21d ago
- All-hands title: A Natural Evolution of Our OrgOct 9
- ! Make the reorg sound exciting + order pizzamoraleOct 16
- Ask IT to rename the team's Slack channeladminOct 10
- Team found out about the reorg from
#devex-golden-pathsOct 10
- New org principle: fewer layers, more agentsleadershipSep 20
- !! Update
CODEOWNERSin 340 reposOct 18 - New owner in
CODEOWNERSis a team with 0 membersOct 11 - The reason for the reorg, from leadershipadded 21d ago
- All-hands title: A Natural Evolution of Our OrgOct 9
- ! Make the reorg sound exciting + order pizzamoraleOct 16
- Ask IT to rename the team's Slack channeladminOct 10
- Team found out about the reorg from
#devex-golden-pathsOct 10
- New org principle: fewer layers, more agentsleadershipSep 20
- !! Update
CODEOWNERSin 340 reposOct 18 - The reason for the reorg, from leadershipadded 21d ago
- All-hands title: A Natural Evolution of Our OrgOct 9
- ! Make the reorg sound exciting + order pizzamoraleOct 16
- Ask IT to rename the team's Slack channeladminOct 10
- Team found out about the reorg from
#devex-golden-pathsOct 10 - Rumor: DevEx splits back up next quarterOct 11
- New org principle: fewer layers, more agentsleadershipSep 20
- !! Update
CODEOWNERSin 340 reposOct 18 - New owner in
CODEOWNERSis a team with 0 membersOct 11 - The reason for the reorg, from leadershipadded 21d ago
- All-hands title: A Natural Evolution of Our OrgOct 9
- ! Make the reorg sound exciting + order pizzamoraleOct 16
- Ask IT to rename the team's Slack channeladminOct 10
- Team found out about the reorg from
#devex-golden-pathsOct 10 - Rumor: DevEx splits back up next quarterOct 11
- 1 clear north star for next year2027-Q1
- Leadership offsite, agenda TBDOct 20
- Last offsite: 11 priorities, 1 hoodieadded Oct 8
- Max 10 priorities this timestrategyOct 8
- v1 of next year's roadmap from productroadmapOct 10
- CEO asked about our MCP strategyOct 9
- !! Find out if the CEO knows what MCP isexec asksOct 19
- Flag 3 flight risks on my team
- 1 clear north star for next year2027-Q1
- Leadership offsite, agenda TBDOct 20
- Last offsite: 11 priorities, 1 hoodieadded Oct 8
- Max 10 priorities this timestrategyOct 8
- v1 of next year's roadmap from productroadmapOct 10
- CEO asked about our MCP strategyOct 9
- !! Find out if the CEO knows what MCP isexec asksOct 19
- CEO does not. MCP is still in the keynoteOct 11
- Flag 3 flight risks on my team
- 1 clear north star for next year2027-Q1
- Leadership offsite, agenda TBDOct 20
- Last offsite: 11 priorities, 1 hoodieadded Oct 8
- Max 10 priorities this timestrategyOct 8
- v1 of next year's roadmap from productroadmapOct 10
- CEO asked about our MCP strategyOct 9
- !! Find out if the CEO knows what MCP isexec asksOct 19
- Flag 3 flight risks on my team
- Offsite agenda: 12 prioritiesOct 11
- 1 clear north star for next year2027-Q1
- Leadership offsite, agenda TBDOct 20
- Last offsite: 11 priorities, 1 hoodieadded Oct 8
- Max 10 priorities this timestrategyOct 8
- v1 of next year's roadmap from productroadmapOct 10
- CEO asked about our MCP strategyOct 9
- !! Find out if the CEO knows what MCP isexec asksOct 19
- CEO does not. MCP is still in the keynoteOct 11
- Flag 3 flight risks on my team
- Offsite agenda: 12 prioritiesOct 11
- Next year's budget: do more with less2027-Q1
- Budget to finance, the week before the ski tripfinanceOct 21
- Half the bill is a Kubernetes cluster running 1 cron jobOct 8
- Kill the cluster, keep the cron jobOct 9
- Logs cost more than the servers they logOct 8
final_v4_REAL.xlsxfrom HRadded 18d ago- Does HR count AI as headcount?added 2d ago
- Conference budget cut, kombucha tap staysperksOct 5
- Next year's budget: do more with less2027-Q1
- Budget to finance, the week before the ski tripfinanceOct 21
- Half the bill is a Kubernetes cluster running 1 cron jobOct 8
- Kill the cluster, keep the cron jobOct 9
- Logs cost more than the servers they logOct 8
- !! Explain why the cloud bill tripledOct 18
final_v4_REAL.xlsxfrom HRadded 18d ago- Does HR count AI as headcount?added 2d ago
- Conference budget cut, kombucha tap staysperksOct 5
- Next year's budget: do more with less2027-Q1
- Budget to finance, the week before the ski tripfinanceOct 21
- Half the bill is a Kubernetes cluster running 1 cron jobOct 8
- Kill the cluster, keep the cron jobOct 9
- Logs cost more than the servers they logOct 8
final_v4_REAL.xlsxfrom HRadded 18d ago- Does HR count AI as headcount?added 2d ago
- Conference budget cut, kombucha tap staysperksOct 5
- Finance wants 10% lessOct 11
- Next year's budget: do more with less2027-Q1
- Budget to finance, the week before the ski tripfinanceOct 21
- Half the bill is a Kubernetes cluster running 1 cron jobOct 8
- Kill the cluster, keep the cron jobOct 9
- Logs cost more than the servers they logOct 8
- !! Explain why the cloud bill tripledOct 18
final_v4_REAL.xlsxfrom HRadded 18d ago- Does HR count AI as headcount?added 2d ago
- Conference budget cut, kombucha tap staysperksOct 5
- Finance wants 10% lessOct 11