What a good incident channel looks like
The chat log is where the incident is actually run. Four conventions make it useful rather than a wall of noise.
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from February 28, 2026 to August 29, 2026.
The unreasonable effectiveness of a changelog
A file that takes ten minutes per release and answers most of the questions your users would otherwise ask you.
Code review comments that change things
Most review comments are noise or nitpicks. A small taxonomy of the ones that are worth writing.
What a great bug report contains
Six fields. Most reports have two. The difference is measured in days of engineering time.
Design docs people actually read
The average design doc is eleven pages and gets three comments, all on page one. Here's the format that works.
The engineer's guide to saying no
Refusing work badly is a career problem. Refusing it well is one of the most valuable things a senior engineer does.