Hibri Marzook
@hibri.net
I don't know what I'm doing, but I will know when I'm done. #Agile #CICD #systemsthinking 🇪🇺🇱🇰🇬🇧he/him @[email protected] https://hibri.net
December 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Trunk-Based Development has a reputation for being fast, fearless, and incredibly effective… but does it actually work in the real world?
In this video, we have a company providing us the details of how they put Trunk-Based Development to the test...
WATCH ➡️ youtu.be/CR3LP2n2dWw
In this video, we have a company providing us the details of how they put Trunk-Based Development to the test...
WATCH ➡️ youtu.be/CR3LP2n2dWw
We Tried Trunk-Based Development... The Results Were Shocking.
YouTube video by Modern Software Engineering
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December 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Trunk-Based Development has a reputation for being fast, fearless, and incredibly effective… but does it actually work in the real world?
In this video, we have a company providing us the details of how they put Trunk-Based Development to the test...
WATCH ➡️ youtu.be/CR3LP2n2dWw
In this video, we have a company providing us the details of how they put Trunk-Based Development to the test...
WATCH ➡️ youtu.be/CR3LP2n2dWw
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The quote is from an interview with Maturana that @hibri.net brought to our attention (and we discussed it in a PapersInSystems meetup a while back, led by Hibri).
www.open.edu/openlearn/mo...
www.open.edu/openlearn/mo...
Systems explained by Humberto Maturana
In May 2021, Humberto Maturana, a Chilean Biologist, died aged 92. In these videos he explains the differences between information transfer within biological and non-biological systems.
www.open.edu
December 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The quote is from an interview with Maturana that @hibri.net brought to our attention (and we discussed it in a PapersInSystems meetup a while back, led by Hibri).
www.open.edu/openlearn/mo...
www.open.edu/openlearn/mo...
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"Why should I train my developers? They'll just leave."
"Why is it so hard to find developers with the skills I need?"
One question answers the other.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/12/06/t...
"Why is it so hard to find developers with the skills I need?"
One question answers the other.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/12/06/t...
Training & Mentoring is a Common Good
“Why should I train my developers? They’ll just leave.” “Why is it so hard to find developers with the skills I need?” Over a thirty three-year career, I’ve hear…
codemanship.wordpress.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:50 AM
"Why should I train my developers? They'll just leave."
"Why is it so hard to find developers with the skills I need?"
One question answers the other.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/12/06/t...
"Why is it so hard to find developers with the skills I need?"
One question answers the other.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/12/06/t...
Pull requests are an evolutionary dead end that we’ve got ourselves into. It delays feedback and we keep piling more reviews into it.
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Pull requests are an evolutionary dead end that we’ve got ourselves into. It delays feedback and we keep piling more reviews into it.
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Excited that my latest talk at the Complexity Lounge is now on YouTube. Titled "Humberto Maturana’s Time: Living in the Present," this talk explores Maturana's 2 modalities of time. This was a great project with new insights gained into how Maturana understood time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AHY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AHY...
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Excited that my latest talk at the Complexity Lounge is now on YouTube. Titled "Humberto Maturana’s Time: Living in the Present," this talk explores Maturana's 2 modalities of time. This was a great project with new insights gained into how Maturana understood time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AHY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AHY...
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A theme that really stood out at @gradle.com's DPE Summit conference is that while developers feel productive using GenAI for coding, this isn't necessarily translating into more features/fixes/customer value for organisations. So I wrote a blog post about it
gradle.com/blog/develop...
gradle.com/blog/develop...
The developer productivity paradox: Why faster coding doesn’t mean faster software delivery
Developers are using Generative AI to crank out code faster than ever before, but somehow, the metrics aren’t showing an overall productivity improvement. So what’s going on?
gradle.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
A theme that really stood out at @gradle.com's DPE Summit conference is that while developers feel productive using GenAI for coding, this isn't necessarily translating into more features/fixes/customer value for organisations. So I wrote a blog post about it
gradle.com/blog/develop...
gradle.com/blog/develop...
What are the kids dreaming up these days ?
November 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What are the kids dreaming up these days ?
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Reductionism can be wrong, but actionable.
Complexity can be right, but paralyzing.
cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-389-ov...
Complexity can be right, but paralyzing.
cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-389-ov...
TBM 389: Overthinker!
From a young age, being accused of “overcomplicating” or “overthinking” things felt like a dismissal of who I was.
cutlefish.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Reductionism can be wrong, but actionable.
Complexity can be right, but paralyzing.
cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-389-ov...
Complexity can be right, but paralyzing.
cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-389-ov...
Me one week before the assignment is due: how am I going to write 2500 words?
Me two days before the assignment is due: 2500 words is not enough!!!
Me two days before the assignment is due: 2500 words is not enough!!!
November 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Me one week before the assignment is due: how am I going to write 2500 words?
Me two days before the assignment is due: 2500 words is not enough!!!
Me two days before the assignment is due: 2500 words is not enough!!!
Maybe the kids don’t need Xmas presents this year www.lego.com/en-gb/produc...
Star Trek: U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D™ 10356 | LEGO® Icons | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop GB
LEGO® Icons Star Trek model kit for adults
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November 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Maybe the kids don’t need Xmas presents this year www.lego.com/en-gb/produc...
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DX's latest study into AI-assisted coding says the same as DORA's recent report - AI won’t save you from your (broken) engineering culture.
But it goes further: the biggest gains come from better ways of working, not AI.
Wrote up my analysis here 👇
But it goes further: the biggest gains come from better ways of working, not AI.
Wrote up my analysis here 👇
Findings from DX’s 2025 report: AI won’t save you from your engineering culture | Rob Bowley
blog.robbowley.net
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
DX's latest study into AI-assisted coding says the same as DORA's recent report - AI won’t save you from your (broken) engineering culture.
But it goes further: the biggest gains come from better ways of working, not AI.
Wrote up my analysis here 👇
But it goes further: the biggest gains come from better ways of working, not AI.
Wrote up my analysis here 👇
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Just posted a new article:
Reverse Engineering your Software Architecture with Claude Code to help Claude Code
medium.com/nick-tune-te...
Reverse Engineering your Software Architecture with Claude Code to help Claude Code
medium.com/nick-tune-te...
Reverse Engineering your Software Architecture with Claude Code to help Claude Code
Coding agents can do more when they understand your system.
medium.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Just posted a new article:
Reverse Engineering your Software Architecture with Claude Code to help Claude Code
medium.com/nick-tune-te...
Reverse Engineering your Software Architecture with Claude Code to help Claude Code
medium.com/nick-tune-te...
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The dotcom bubble left us fibre that still powers the internet.
The AI boom might leave us a pile of short-lived silicon and silent cathedrals of compute – monuments to a forgotten era.
The web was open. AI isn’t. That may prove the real difference.
The AI boom might leave us a pile of short-lived silicon and silent cathedrals of compute – monuments to a forgotten era.
The web was open. AI isn’t. That may prove the real difference.
After the AI boom: what might we be left with? | Rob Bowley
blog.robbowley.net
October 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The dotcom bubble left us fibre that still powers the internet.
The AI boom might leave us a pile of short-lived silicon and silent cathedrals of compute – monuments to a forgotten era.
The web was open. AI isn’t. That may prove the real difference.
The AI boom might leave us a pile of short-lived silicon and silent cathedrals of compute – monuments to a forgotten era.
The web was open. AI isn’t. That may prove the real difference.
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
That one legacy piece of code, where the original author is long gone and we are not sure what the code does but are forced to keep it www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Medieval church in London balanced on 45ft high platform for skyscraper work
All Hallows Staining has been placed on stilts while construction of a 36-storey skyscraper takes place
www.independent.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
That one legacy piece of code, where the original author is long gone and we are not sure what the code does but are forced to keep it www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Today marks an exciting milestone: Team Topologies, 2nd Edition is published 🎉. Manuel Pais and I share real-world success stories from 10 organisations across every continent - small teams to global corporations, with lessons for all.
Grab your copy here → https://www.teamtopologies.com/book
Grab your copy here → https://www.teamtopologies.com/book
September 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Today marks an exciting milestone: Team Topologies, 2nd Edition is published 🎉. Manuel Pais and I share real-world success stories from 10 organisations across every continent - small teams to global corporations, with lessons for all.
Grab your copy here → https://www.teamtopologies.com/book
Grab your copy here → https://www.teamtopologies.com/book
Saturday morning in a cafe and I’m overhearing a conversation “We need to be AI first”… 😝
September 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Saturday morning in a cafe and I’m overhearing a conversation “We need to be AI first”… 😝
So small batch sizes are good for productivity :) blog.nilenso.com/blog/2025/09...
The quality of AI-assisted software depends on unit of work management - nilenso blog
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blog.nilenso.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
So small batch sizes are good for productivity :) blog.nilenso.com/blog/2025/09...
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The real snowflakes. The pathetic right www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump news at a glance: Kirk critics lose jobs amid rancour after killing
Numerous firings reported as authorities search out commentary deemed offensive on conservative free speech advocate’s killing – key stories from 13 September 2025 at a glance
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The real snowflakes. The pathetic right www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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We really need a good ethnography of distributed thought and action in complex organizations that captures the gap between what most of us narrate post-facto about a decision (and how we insert that narration into critiques) vs. what we know about how organizational thinking actually happens.
September 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We really need a good ethnography of distributed thought and action in complex organizations that captures the gap between what most of us narrate post-facto about a decision (and how we insert that narration into critiques) vs. what we know about how organizational thinking actually happens.
Vibe coding with another human aka pair programming is likely to give more benefits. Maybe give that a try?
September 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Vibe coding with another human aka pair programming is likely to give more benefits. Maybe give that a try?
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Highly recommend to those who are interested in systems thinking and making software with other people!
System Design and Software Architecture Workshop: Sept 22-24 and Sept 29-Oct 1, 2025 at 11 am - 3:30 pm Eastern Time; remote (zoom, miro, slack)
Info/enroll: ti.to/bredemeyer/s...
Enroll soon for early bird pricing.
Info/enroll: ti.to/bredemeyer/s...
Enroll soon for early bird pricing.
August 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Highly recommend to those who are interested in systems thinking and making software with other people!