Ron Lichty
@ronlichty.bsky.social
Software Engineering Management, untangling organizational knots, creating roadmaps, delivering great products. Author, Programmer, Service, Integrity. Co-author, Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams.
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It’s never been the speed of your developers. Never.
While dev teams celebrate the speed of "AI" coding assistants, business stakeholders are increasingly asking why they're not getting to their destination any faster.
Allow me to explain.
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Allow me to explain.
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The AI-Ready Software Developer #20 – It’s The Bottlenecks, Stupid!
For many years now, cycling has been consistently the fastest way to get around central London. Faster than taking the tube. Faster than taking the train. Faster than taking the bus. Faster than ta…
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January 3, 2026 at 5:55 AM
It’s never been the speed of your developers. Never.
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Traditional scaling creates the very problems it's meant to solve!
@jamesshore.bsky.social James Shore shares why the common wisdom of carefully aligning teams and responsibilities eventually breaks down, and how #FASTAgile offers a fundamentally different approach.
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@jamesshore.bsky.social James Shore shares why the common wisdom of carefully aligning teams and responsibilities eventually breaks down, and how #FASTAgile offers a fundamentally different approach.
youtu.be/2w7of-65Cts
Jim Shore: what if we scaled our teams to marvelous sizes?
YouTube video by Decoding Leadership
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December 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Traditional scaling creates the very problems it's meant to solve!
@jamesshore.bsky.social James Shore shares why the common wisdom of carefully aligning teams and responsibilities eventually breaks down, and how #FASTAgile offers a fundamentally different approach.
youtu.be/2w7of-65Cts
@jamesshore.bsky.social James Shore shares why the common wisdom of carefully aligning teams and responsibilities eventually breaks down, and how #FASTAgile offers a fundamentally different approach.
youtu.be/2w7of-65Cts
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We are dealing with such corruption in every aspect of our government, I don't know how we undo the damage.
December 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
We are dealing with such corruption in every aspect of our government, I don't know how we undo the damage.
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The best CEOs don’t run at 100%. They protect headroom — time, energy, capital — so they can act fast when opportunity strikes.
The Importance of Headroom: Time, Energy, Capital
The best CEOs don’t run at 100%. They protect headroom — time, energy, capital — so they can act fast when opportunity strikes.
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December 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The best CEOs don’t run at 100%. They protect headroom — time, energy, capital — so they can act fast when opportunity strikes.
Sunset Dunes art exhibition: Love that the artists are all local; mostly hyperlocal.
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Friends of Sunset Dunes on Instagram: "🖼️ Introducing the Sunset Dunes Art Exhibition at Judah! This is the park’s first rotating art show that highlights the creative spirit of Ocean Beach.
The ina...
The Sunset Dunes Art Exhibition is a unique rotating art show in San Francisco, featuring ocean-inspired art pieces from local artists. The exhibition is a showcase of creative spirit, capturing the i...
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December 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Sunset Dunes art exhibition: Love that the artists are all local; mostly hyperlocal.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQ-V2gd...
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WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
Kelly just received a multiyear deal with SiriusXM. Her on-air comments defending Epstein's child trafficking make it clear: she should NOT have a platform with millions of listeners. Sign the petition now to demand that SIriusXM cancel Megyn Kelly’s show NOW! sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...
Remove Megyn Kelly from SiriusXM!
Kelly just received a multiyear deal with SiriusXM. Her on-air comments defending Epstein's child trafficking make it clear: she should NOT have a platform with millions of listeners. Sign the petitio...
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December 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Kelly just received a multiyear deal with SiriusXM. Her on-air comments defending Epstein's child trafficking make it clear: she should NOT have a platform with millions of listeners. Sign the petition now to demand that SIriusXM cancel Megyn Kelly’s show NOW! sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...
Seattle’s Eastside has a bike-powered “street sweeper” for bike lanes. www.kuow.org/stories/clea...
Cleaning leaf-clogged bike lanes on Seattle’s Eastside — using bike power
Fall in the Seattle area means lots of leaves in bike lanes. Slippery, soggy leaves can be dangerous on two wheels. Now, volunteers in Kirkland have a clever, new tool to clean bike lanes from the sea...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Seattle’s Eastside has a bike-powered “street sweeper” for bike lanes. www.kuow.org/stories/clea...
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Sign our petition for the government to hold social media companies accountable for posting ads that could scam consumers action.consumerreports.org/sm-20251117-...
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Sign our petition for the government to hold social media companies accountable for posting ads that could scam consumers action.consumerreports.org/sm-20251117-...
Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op.53 - Heroic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1-u... Chopin must be the greatest piano composer ever. Amazing runs. I studied piano for nearly a decade. No idea how to execute those long runs.
Vladimir Horowitz plays Chopin Polonaise in A flat major op.53
YouTube video by BestClassicalMusic
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November 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op.53 - Heroic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1-u... Chopin must be the greatest piano composer ever. Amazing runs. I studied piano for nearly a decade. No idea how to execute those long runs.
Did you miss “Enlightened Managers: The Key to Empowering & Encouraging Self-Organizing Teams”? It’s recorded. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU5r...
Enlightened Managers: The Key to Empowering & Encouraging Self-Organizing Teams
YouTube video by Enterprise Agile
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November 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Did you miss “Enlightened Managers: The Key to Empowering & Encouraging Self-Organizing Teams”? It’s recorded. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU5r...
SWOT - a useful framework for decision-making. Chris Sims will review in his Scrum Professionals meetup next week. And hands-on, for your next career move or your next product direction. Review combined w/ opportunity to think thru your very own challenge. Priceless. www.meetup.com/scrumprofess...
Strategic Decision Making: For Your Career Or Product!, Thu, Dec 4, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Trying to figure out your next career move? Or perhaps you are deciding what direction to take your product? This session will teach you how to use [SWOT analysis](https://
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November 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
SWOT - a useful framework for decision-making. Chris Sims will review in his Scrum Professionals meetup next week. And hands-on, for your next career move or your next product direction. Review combined w/ opportunity to think thru your very own challenge. Priceless. www.meetup.com/scrumprofess...
Sobering. And wonderful. Just finished the sixth/last episode of Ken Burns' new documentary, The American Revolution. Recommended. www.pbs.org/show/the-ame...
The American Revolution
Thirteen colonies unite in rebellion, win their independence, and found the United States.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Sobering. And wonderful. Just finished the sixth/last episode of Ken Burns' new documentary, The American Revolution. Recommended. www.pbs.org/show/the-ame...
Tonight's movie: Episode 1 of Ken Burns' new documentary, The American Revolution. www.pbs.org/show/the-ame...
The American Revolution
Thirteen colonies unite in rebellion, win their independence, and found the United States.
www.pbs.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Tonight's movie: Episode 1 of Ken Burns' new documentary, The American Revolution. www.pbs.org/show/the-ame...
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During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
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lolol these fucks. you're catholic! the pope is infallible! you don't like that, go be an evangelical, which is what you really want to be.
Trump’s border czar rebukes US bishops over immigration stance
Tom Homan, a self-described 'lifelong Catholic', has launched a sharp attack on the US Conference of Catholic Bishops after they issued a collective statement raising concerns over the Trump administr...
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November 16, 2025 at 2:19 AM
lolol these fucks. you're catholic! the pope is infallible! you don't like that, go be an evangelical, which is what you really want to be.
25 years ago! Schwab’s CIO’s Technical Leader of the Year award. I was in year two, leading the Java Object Services initiative of CIO Dawn Lepore, here presenting the award. Exciting, heady times! I was promoted to VP Eng a couple weeks later. So long ago, but that's definitely a younger-me face!
November 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
25 years ago! Schwab’s CIO’s Technical Leader of the Year award. I was in year two, leading the Java Object Services initiative of CIO Dawn Lepore, here presenting the award. Exciting, heady times! I was promoted to VP Eng a couple weeks later. So long ago, but that's definitely a younger-me face!
Think about the best team you’ve ever been on. What characterized it? Think about the best manager you’ve ever worked for. What characterized her or him? That’s our topic Thursday night. Join us. www.meetup.com/enterprise-a...
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Think about the best team you’ve ever been on. What characterized it? Think about the best manager you’ve ever worked for. What characterized her or him? That’s our topic Thursday night. Join us. www.meetup.com/enterprise-a...
Managing programmers, why programming management is hard, what makes a good programming manager, the attitude change required to pivot to managing, self-organizing teams, team dynamics and motivation, and performance. Enduring advice: Software Engineering Radio: se-radio.net/2017/10/se-r...
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Managing programmers, why programming management is hard, what makes a good programming manager, the attitude change required to pivot to managing, self-organizing teams, team dynamics and motivation, and performance. Enduring advice: Software Engineering Radio: se-radio.net/2017/10/se-r...