Category: work
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Take One For The Team
If there is one team with all the tasks that really suck, obviously no one wants to be on that team.
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Do You Trust Them?
Sometimes it’s still better to have a human in the loop. One with a stake. And context.
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Don’t Disappoint Me
Another gem of a side comment heard at work.
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YOLO Mode
We really went from “minimum possible access” hygiene straight to “YOLO mode”. Those were the days… Two Kinds of Developers
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That’s A Nice Chair
Total strangers were taking chairs for a spin in the office space they were going to be in after the office move. Unfortunately for them, people are attached to their specific nice chairs, and those chairs will not be inherited with the room. Also, no points for subtlety.
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Feel Good Code
I used to collect quotes at the office and display them on post-it notes. Thanks to a co-worker for saying this one (nearly verbatim).
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Optionally Polite
Just think of all the wasted tokens on Pleases and Thank Yous. Maybe the AI would consider it more polite to cut out that extra noise.
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Definitely Never
Why wouldn’t I fully trust the AI? It’s not like it’s ever blatantly lied to… oh yeah.
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Months In Advance
Nothing like moving out a super visible disruptive deadline to highlight that you’re behind schedule. But I don’t mind avoiding my commute a few extra weeks. Go ahead and delay it even further!
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You Should Build It
Hmm. This project is like a thing your team has done before. You guys would probably already know what you’re doing.