AddyOsmani.com - Bias Toward Action

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Bias toward action means taking the smallest responsible step with guardrails, using reversible decisions, error budgets, and safety nets to learn faster without catastrophic failure.

Software engineering at a proprietary trading company: Optiver
Optiver, a proprietary trading firm, has evolved from latency-focused trading to AI-driven models, building custom hardware and full-stack systems while maintaining high engineering ownership and risk-averse speed.
also on Knight Capital, #software-engineering
On cognitive debt
Nate Meyvis argues that cognitive debt in AI-generated codebases is not inherently worse than in traditional codebases, and AI can help mitigate it.
also on Martin Fowler, #software-engineering
Bring Back Ops Pride (xpost) – charity.wtf
Operations should be reclaimed as a term of pride, not a synonym for toil, because it is a vital and difficult engineering function distinct from product development.
also on DORA, Google, #culture, #software-engineering
The cost of caring about software - Alex Rios Substack
AI reduces code-writing effort but shifts verification cost onto reviewers, creating an externality where comprehension debt rises despite faster generation.
also on DORA, #software-engineering, #productivity
Can NASA Really Land Astronauts on the Moon by 2028?
NASA's 2028 Moon landing goal depends heavily on the decisions and timelines of Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.
also on Jeff Bezos, #infrastructure