The 5-Minute Startup CTO #20

Stand-ups, Shipping code, Cognitive biases

Here are your picks for this week:

🔄 Process makes perfect 

Worried that your daily stand-ups are poorly run, or a waste of time? Some, like Andy Johns, argue for the latter. But if you do see value in them (as I do), have a look at this recently updated list of stand-up anti-patterns. Some easily recognisable mistakes in there!

⌨️ If it ain’t code, don’t fix it

Shipping is arguably the most important (and exciting?) part of building software. So what’s the best way to do this? One size doesn’t fit all, as Jocelyn Goldfein argues: how you ship should reflect the needs of your customers and your appetite for risk.

Hence it will likely change as your company grows, and is actually part of your company culture. Great points.

👩‍💻 It’s all about people

Everyone is subject to cognitive biases, so worth pondering on this list of 12 common biases, some better known than others. Useful to sanity check any kind of analysis or decision.

I hope you enjoyed this. Have a great week!

Fabrice

PS: Give me a shout if you fancy a Python lead, Head of Product Design or Data Science or QA role in London or the South East. I know a couple of cool startups who would be interested

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