The Sisyphean Tragedy of Planning

Stop Trying To PUSH Rocks Up-Hill Like Sisyphus

Feb 10 • Maarten Dalmijn

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The Seven Laws of Rules

Rules, Competence and Trust: The Hidden Cost of Rules

Feb 4 • Maarten Dalmijn

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January 2026

"AI Changes the Bottleneck From Delivery to Something Else"

Delivering Shit Was Never the Bottleneck, Except For Truly Shitty Organizations

Jan 31 • Maarten Dalmijn

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Red Vs Blue Roadmaps: Why Most Roadmaps Suck

The Tax of (False) Predictability

Jan 27 • Maarten Dalmijn

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Escaping the 'Bloat Mode' of Your Brain

Hurt Your Brain Today or Be Tortured Later

Jan 16 • Maarten Dalmijn

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Simplicity Is MORE Work

You Can't Subtract Without Iteration

Jan 8 • Maarten Dalmijn

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December 2025

The Stars We No Longer See

Amusing Ourselves to Death - A Brave New World of AI

Dec 11, 2025 • Maarten Dalmijn

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The Slipstream Model of Competence

Why a High-Trust Environment Is More Important Than Working With Smart People

Dec 9, 2025 • Maarten Dalmijn

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Better Than Post-Mortems: The Meta Post-Mortem

Focusing Beyond Singular Incidents

Dec 4, 2025 • Maarten Dalmijn

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November 2025

CEOs: "Why Are People Not Taking Ownership?"

Too Many Meetings = Too Little Ownership.

Nov 29, 2025 • Maarten Dalmijn

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Cats, Cucumbers and Story Points

The Toxic Venom of Story Points and Velocity

Nov 24, 2025 • Maarten Dalmijn

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Keep Developing the Scars of Experience

No Struggle, No Learning

Nov 19, 2025 • Maarten Dalmijn

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