Devs I think are somewhat withdrawn, as a result of being under the yoke of ticket delivery. Being given the trust respect & capacity to roam & improve as we wander about systems is rare; we're judged on how quickly the task at hand is done. This is such Luddite, chained-to-the-machine endpoint that we are at.

And it skips past so much of the raw joy & auto-enrichment loops that happens when there's time allotted to discovering and improving the system as you go. DIYers have such amazing enrichment loops, making systems work better for themselves all the time. Not just the much vaunted fast delivery now, but the ability to keep iterating & expanding & delivering without your constructs starting to clash & thrash.

I love love Fogus's 100:10:1, on having many tangible places outlined where one might do something. Still dedicating yourself to something, but also giving yourself permission to hop around. Follow what feels good. https://blog.fogus.me/2015/11/04/the-100101-method-my-approa...

[Ed: s/yolk/yoke/, thanks for the fix folks!]