{"id":2299,"date":"2024-01-19T10:58:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T18:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/?p=2299"},"modified":"2024-01-19T10:58:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T18:58:07","slug":"five-for-friday-january-19-2004","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/five-for-friday-january-19-2004\/","title":{"rendered":"Five for Friday &#8211; January 19, 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It was a weird week for me. But there were some good points as well. As usual, here are some things I found interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I&#8217;m reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/59891634-smart-brevity\">Smart Brevity<\/a> &#8211; and wishing a lot more people would read it as well. Great communication comes in fewer words, and gets to the point quickly. This book is both a reminder and a coach on that topic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leaddev published <a href=\"https:\/\/leaddev.com\/huddle\/software-engineering-predictions-2024\">some predictions for 2024 (from engineering leaders)<\/a>. There&#8217;s nothing overly profound here &#8211; in fact, the predictions are things I feel like <em>should<\/em> happen. But I found them valuable to think of as an approach to thinking about how we approach software development in the coming year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One of the best things to happen as a result of the McKinsey report on developer productivity has been the flurry of <em>better<\/em> articles rebutting their idiotic report. The latest is t<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.buildtosell.org\/productivity-in-software-development-the-lean-perspective\/\">he lean perspective<\/a> from build to sell. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I&#8217;ve been re-watching Ted Lasso and then listening to the episodes of the <a href=\"https:\/\/poponleadership.com\/\">Pop! on Leadership <\/a>podcast where they discuss the leadership lessons of each episode. Probably just me, but it&#8217;s a lot of fun.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I&#8217;m still working my way through Starfield &#8211; but currently stuck in a no-win situation and haven&#8217;t built up the nerve to go back to an old save to move forward. In the meantime, I&#8217;ve been playing <a href=\"https:\/\/baldursgate3.game\/\">Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3<\/a> and really enjoying it. Straight Dungeons and Dragons clone, and really well done.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for reading &#8211; see you next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a weird week for me. But there were some good points as well. As usual, here are some things I found interesting. 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