Siddharth RamSpeedboats: Sustaining Innovation and EngagementI had written previously about ShipIt!. In a nutshell it is2 min read·11 hours ago----
Siddharth RamPace layers, Platforms and software developmentI have been spending time reading and thinking about Pace Layers which came to my attention by way of the Not Boring newsletter, which…5 min read·Mar 7, 2024----
Siddharth RamHarnessing success via the SRCA (Success Root Cause Analysis)Postmortems are great for learning from failures, as shared in Root Cause Analysis — an essential systems skill. Practicing RCA’s are a…2 min read·Feb 26, 2024----
Siddharth RamAvoid weasel wordsAccording to Wikipedia, In Japan, weasels (鼬、鼬鼠, itachi) were seen as yōkai (causing strange occurrences). The innocent weasel does not get…2 min read·Jan 19, 2024----
Siddharth RamBuild a Unit of 1As teams plan deliverables, platform oriented companies often think ‘horizontally’ about deliverables — readouts often go like this2 min read·Jan 15, 2024----
Siddharth RamDo not confuse Input & Output metrics in your OKRsAt Velocity Global, we practice quarterly planning as a way of chunking work into manageable segments with tangible outcomes. A quarter is…3 min read·Dec 25, 2023----
Siddharth RamSpeeding Up Software Development with ChatGPT 4.0: A Case Study on Building a Slack AppI don’t write code regularly any longer. As is always the case, lack of practice always results in attrition of skills. So much has changed…7 min read·Jun 19, 2023----
Siddharth RamAnatomy of an RCAMy previous post covered the why of an RCA. It often surprises me that translating the ‘why’ into the ‘how’ is often a challenge for teams…4 min read·Mar 12, 2023----
Siddharth RaminThe CTO’s toolboxQuality: an often misunderstood conceptMany years ago, I wrote a tongue in cheek article that ‘mediocrity is underrated’. (it was written around 2011). It got posted on hacker…4 min read·Feb 19, 2023--1--1
Siddharth RamBoring as a system choiceI think of curiosity as a characteristic of smart people. But this trait has its own shadow.3 min read·Oct 24, 2022----