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# "Final" Is Just Code for "Watch This Get Destroyed"

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Jan 29, 2026

Here's the thing about programmers who guard their APIs like they're protecting the nuclear football: they've never met ...

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Goodwill Is Nonfungible: Why Covering Your Boss’s Ass Isn’t a Retirement Plan

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Jan 28, 2026

Performance reviews are often pitched as a currency—you earn “above and beyond” credits and expect to cash them in later...

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You gave them a 'freeform' field. They built an API inside it.

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Jan 27, 2026

Tell a programmer “use the API as provided” and you will learn what programmers do when handed a perfectly permissive bl...

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The Bureaucracy Premium

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Jan 26, 2026

Consider, if you will, the humble Ethernet cable. A simple device, designed to connect, to transmit, to generally make t...

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Great review? Congrats — you just raised the bar you're about to trip over.

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Jan 25, 2026

Amazing review? That’s not praise — it’s a training manual with your name on the cover. FAFO regarding performance revie...

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# The Malicious Compliance Special: A User Guide to Getting Exactly What You Asked For

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Jan 24, 2026

Here's a principle of organizational life that nobody puts in the employee handbook, though they should: If you ignore s...

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# When Your Boss Says "No Rules" But Means "No Rules For Me"

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Jan 23, 2026

Here's the setup: guy works as a machinist, has a boss who's the owner's brother—which is comedy shorthand for "this guy...

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# A Nuclear Power Plant Manager's Lonely Heart, Expressed Through a Blizzard Memo

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Jan 22, 2026

Here's a model that almost explains everything: A manager at a nuclear power plant in the mid-Atlantic region wants to e...

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The Unchecked Invoice Speedrun (Any% Glitchless)

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Jan 21, 2026

Seven years ago, a construction company found itself in what one might charitably call a 'pre-alpha' state of financial ...

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# The Hair Policy That Proved Why Entire Departments Quit

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Jan 19, 2026

Here's a useful model: A resort HR department wanted to enforce professional appearance standards. The constraint was th...

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