RJ ZaworskiA Better Todo ListWhile I’m a huge proponent of work organized around outcomes over tasks, collaborative work environments require some system for tracking…Dec 5, 2023Dec 5, 2023
RJ ZaworskiDoes Software Even Need Managers?The Harvard Business Review put the cost of excess management at $3 capital-T-Trillion back in 2016, and it’s hard to imagine the numbers…Nov 3, 2023Nov 3, 2023
RJ ZaworskiR&D is a Cost Center…and if you like your job, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.Oct 30, 2023Oct 30, 2023
RJ ZaworskiThe AI Bubble is For RealWe’ve seen bubbles before. Are the vast sums of money and talent currently pouring into AI any different?Oct 20, 2023Oct 20, 2023
RJ ZaworskiinDeveloping KoanCreating your startup’s career ladderAs a founder at a scrappy young startup, “create career ladder” barely even ranks on the list of things that Need To Happen Yesterday. It’s…Dec 3, 2021Dec 3, 2021
RJ ZaworskiinDeveloping KoanEvery Software Team Deserves a CharterSoftware teams own features, projects, and services—everyone knows that. But caught up in what we’re doing, it’s easy to lose sight of why…Dec 2, 2021Dec 2, 2021
RJ ZaworskiinDeveloping KoanAnatomy of a high-velocity CI/CD pipelineIf you’re going to optimize your development process for one thing, make it speed. Not the kind of speed that racks up technical debt on…Nov 30, 2021Nov 30, 2021
RJ ZaworskiinDeveloping KoanSharing our startup’s hiring manualThe Internet isn’t very good at keeping secrets, and anyone who believes otherwise deserves most of what they get.Nov 18, 2021Nov 18, 2021
RJ ZaworskiinDeveloping KoanMaking the most of our startup’s on-call rotationWe’ve turned on-call from a dreaded responsibility to one of our most cherished traditions.Nov 11, 2021Nov 11, 2021
RJ ZaworskiinDeveloping KoanPorting Koan’s 150,000-line JavaScript codebase to TypeScriptLike most development teams, our team at Koan is always looking for an edge in the quality and velocity of our work.Feb 25, 2021Feb 25, 2021
