Test in production, or live a lie — Charity Majors
Most previous technical decisions won’t meet the current quality threshold… Closing the gap between current and target technical quality is a routine essential part of effective engineering leadership. — Will Larson
for each desired change, make the change easy (warning: this may be hard), then make the easy change — Kent Beck
If you want to go fast, go alone; but if you want to go far, go together. — unknown
when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure. — Goodhart's Law
Feeling comfortable is the system blinking orange — Charity Majors
I believe that only the people building software systems get to have opinions on how those systems get built. — Charity Majors
The purpose of design is to allow you to do design later and its primary goal is to reduce the cost of change. — Sandi Metz
Prefer vendors for commoditized functionality — Will Larson
You have a problem if the smallest unit of software delivery is a person. That’s a bus factor — Charity Majors