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Everything we have published, newest first. Long enough to say something, short enough to finish with a coffee.

  • Writing a changelog people read

    • Writing
    • Work

    Most changelogs are written for the people who made the change. A few rules that turned ours into something customers open on purpose.

    Abi Okonjo

  • The studio in winter light

    • Studio

    From November to February the light in my studio lasts about six hours. I used to fight that. Now the whole year is arranged around it.

    Tomas Reyes

  • Why we stopped keeping a roadmap

    • Work

    A public roadmap made promises we could not keep and hid the decisions we actually made. We replaced it with two short lists.

    Abi Okonjo

  • Sharpening, a ten-minute habit

    • Craft
    • Tools

    Sharp tools are safer, faster and more pleasant. The trick is not a better stone, it is sharpening a little every day instead of a lot every month.

    Ines Varga

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