Archive - rmurphey's newsletter

Swarmia, dancing bees & other notes

Notes from the fourth week of re-employment

Feb 13, 2023 •

Rebecca Murphey

January 2023

Notes to me in 1993

Plus: It’s easy to miss productivity opportunities outside of engineering; and, the disturbing inevitability that a platform we come to love must…

Jan 25, 2023 •

Rebecca Murphey

Notes: Week of 20 January 2023

LEGO, layoffs, and what's next for me.

Jan 19, 2023 •

Rebecca Murphey

The 14 days of jQuery

A story of industry transformation and the commodification of innovation.

Jan 18, 2023 •

Rebecca Murphey

Lessons from a hammer

Invention is insufficient.

Jan 16, 2023 •

Rebecca Murphey

Notes: Week of 13 January 2023

A recap of interesting things from the week.

Jan 13, 2023 •

Rebecca Murphey

Productivity: It’s a product, it’s a program

Yes, good eng managers can learn on the job and wear many hats, but embedding product and program know-how early can save a lot of pain.

Jan 10, 2023 •

Rebecca Murphey

Slack time, 100% utilization, and the Southwest meltdown

What happens when a system that’s running “hot” runs into adversity?

Jan 2, 2023 •

Rebecca Murphey

December 2022

Measuring developer productivity

This will undoubtedly be the first of many times I talk about measurement, but let’s get this out of the way: the “productivity” we’re going to talk…

Dec 29, 2022 •

Rebecca Murphey

On developer productivity & other things

Or, rmurphey starts a newsletter.

Dec 28, 2022 •

Rebecca Murphey

December 2021

Eng ladders, promotions & glue work

(Many disclaimers belong here, including, but not limited to: this probably applies differently or not at all in organizations without formal ladders…

Dec 23, 2021 •

Rebecca Murphey

January 2021

Writing effectively in software engineering organizations

My job as an engineering manager requires a lot of reading.

Jan 23, 2021 •

Rebecca Murphey

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