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jeffdutra.bsky.social
Software philosopher. Trying to understand the humans a little more every day.
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4 new words added to the script. I want my lawyer. Every day is shut the fuck up Friday

submitted 40 days ago • 400 comments

I often see people tempted to rely on what authority they have to force “progress” for their awesome idea. There are too many reasons why this almost never works. People often forget that ideas are the easy part.

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

An important part of professional growth is realizing being right doesn’t matter if you can’t get people to listen to you.

submitted 74 days ago • 13 comments

I guess no one was paying attention during Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

submitted 84 days ago • 20 comments

It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.

submitted 83 days ago • 177 comments

This is a good baseline indeed. I like surveying devs as another metric. I ask them to capture how they spent their time (their last work day) based on a few buckets. These buckets are either value generating or non value generating time. I find it a valuable measurement.

submitted 199 days ago • 0 comments

Continuing to work on building confidence with wardley mapping, and this time tried to map out meta-developer productivity tooling space (e.g. tools to measure and improve dev productivity). lethain.com/measuring-de...

submitted 199 days ago • 1 comment

What a bizarre place that Canada will become when this man becomes our prime minister. I really hope I’m wrong about him winning the next election. Should I start farming crickets in case Trudeau pulls off the comeback?

submitted 211 days ago • 0 comments

Desi Lydic has a hard time believing Nancy Mace wants to "protect women and girls"

submitted 215 days ago • 79 comments

Flying home on a Sunday morning is a nice way to travel for business. I need to remember this in the future. It is an extra day away from my family but it is nice to spend a Saturday in a distant place.

submitted 220 days ago • 0 comments

I want to live in a world where authors can easily sell me their books in convenient forms, while the platform that makes it happen takes a reasonable convenience fee. Some say I am a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.

submitted 220 days ago • 0 comments

Saw @pattonoswalt.bsky.social live tonight at the comedy store. It was a good reminder that good standup comedy can be a powerful elixir. Thank you Patton.

submitted 225 days ago • 0 comments

Exited to be at a show at the world famous Comedy Store on Sunset Blvd. Hopefully it can take a little sting out of a very long week.

submitted 225 days ago • 0 comments