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Podcast: Adventures in DevOps
Episode: The Productivity Delusion: Gizmos, Resentment Metrics, and the Art of Deleting Code
Description: Share Episode                  Dorota, CEO of Authress, returns to apply the US Supreme Court’s definition of obscenity to a scandalous topic: Engineering Productivity. In a world obsessed with AI-driven efficiency, Dorota and Warren argue that software development productivity has nothing to do with manufacturing "gizmos" and everything to do with feelings. They dismantle the factory-floor mentality that equates typing speed with value, suggesting instead that the most productive work often happens while staring out a train window or disassociating in the shower.         The conversation takes a dark turn into the reality of performance reviews. If productivity is subjective...