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oktcho··on Every layer of review makes you 10x slower
Not sure, but there might be a misunderstanding here:

The value of your bug fix is cashed out only when it reaches the customer, not when you have finished implementing it.

There is a cost of delay for value to reach the customer, and we want that delay to be as short as possible.

So it doesn't matter if you fix 10 bugs because your 10th bug is going to reach production 5x10 hours (that's an exageration, but you get the point) after you had fixed it (which is why the article mentions latency and not touch time)

You can tell me "yes but I also participate in the code review effort in parallel). Yes, but then you are not fixing 10 bugs, you are fixing less and reviewing more, and reviews take longer than implementation (especially with LLMs now in the loop).

It's because of the pretty counter-intuitive Little's Law : the more in-progress you have in parallel, the slower it will get for each item to be completed.

oktcho··on Outsourcing thinking
We are going to be able to think plenty about other things than what we are doing, yes. That is called anxiety.
oktcho··on US could ask foreign tourists for five-year social media history before entry
Funny that people are mostly discussing the details of what social media would be scanned. My question is more: why would I ever want to enter US again?
oktcho··on I made a music album guessing game
Feedback very welcome. Happy guessing !
oktcho··on A secret poker game you can play on the subway
Happens all the time when I play with my son :P Same with kids and teens.
oktcho··on A secret poker game you can play on the subway
I wrote the article in a much simpler and "french to english" way, and asked the LLM to format it in a better english style. Looking at these comments I don't think I'll do it again. But it's also the only article that made so many reads and comments. What should I conclude ?
oktcho··on A secret poker game you can play on the subway
Oh that's where it comes from ! I couldn't find it, thank you so much ! I will edit my article with the link.
oktcho··on A secret poker game you can play on the subway
Hi, OP here. I love your suggestions, and I love the way HN comments turn. I play this for fun and never really thought of creative strategies like yours, but they are great ! I will definitely use them next time to win with my son :)