Post AyGT5QrpHC2sDcv91c by tef@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AyGT5FjcfLwngzzwDA by tef@mastodon.social
2025-09-16T02:22:43Z
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is there a word for when a software company grows to the point where it is no longer capable of writing software and so all new products come from acquisitions wrong answers only
(DIR) Post #AyGT5GroSO5pCgpzcG by rrmutt@mastodon.social
2025-09-16T03:52:26Z
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@tef Related: Liddle’s Law (David Liddle, Xerox PARC): “A company big enough to have a research lab is too big to know what to do with the research results”
(DIR) Post #AyGT5KwZIeH1qb5qaG by tef@mastodon.social
2025-09-16T02:25:27Z
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from a systematic point of view: it's when the middle layers of the company become filled with people who see their job as avoiding any risk they may be held accountable forwhich inevitably happens, as like promotes like, and any risk takers who slip up are quickly ejected as a sacrifical offering to productivity
(DIR) Post #AyGT5QrpHC2sDcv91c by tef@mastodon.social
2025-09-16T02:37:04Z
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see also: we will never have a silver bullet for programming as almost all the reasons why things are slow and over budget are socialthat and genuine improvements invoke a tradeoff, which presents itself as a risk, and so it's only snake oil that gets purchased or adopted by companies
(DIR) Post #AyGT5VtQafIVo2hziS by tef@mastodon.social
2025-09-16T02:38:47Z
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yes there is a certain size where this becomes inevitable but i have seen places with two pizza teams where nothing can ever get done
(DIR) Post #AyGT5cUs2MoUHuGyuW by tef@mastodon.social
2025-09-16T02:41:44Z
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i guess my best answer to this is "running on fumes" in the sense of running out of potential and coasting along on the remnants
(DIR) Post #AyGT5hP1nW6vVEZszw by tef@mastodon.social
2025-09-16T02:45:24Z
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update: i would also accept "empowered" for when a company prevents anyone from doing things