🚨 new preprint paper alert 🚨 - led by @johnflournoy.science !!

In "No Silver Bullets," we take a big, mathy swing at a complex topic: measuring cycle time in software development and why we think it's messy, not magic

arxiv.org/abs/2503.05040

Helpful NYT article showing 30 exclusion restriction violations for studies claiming covid is an instrument for their preferred x variable

nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/09/upshot/covid-lockdown-five-year-charts.html

Just realized that I’ve been completely finishing my chapsticks for the last couple years and if that isn’t a flex I don’t know what is.

Kristen brings to this discussion her background in academia and scientific research, as well as insights gleaned from her tenure with the Developer Success Lab, working with scientists @grimalkina.bsky.social, @cslee.bsky.social , and @johnflournoy.science.

#DevOps #DevEx #DeveloperExperience

"We don't have to let the numbers play god with our inferences"

Soooo @flournoy.bsky.social and I got together to have a casual chat about the "ghost engineers" viral claims in the tech headlines & our POV as scientists working on activity data in software development!

youtu.be/e4gJxiDIFJ8?...

Such a great talk from @cslee.bsky.social at this year's @monktoberfest.com. Every developer has had code review anxiety, at least the ones who are human. Worth your time

youtu.be/LOW0ZZsh1BE?...

Made a sweater. Hated it. Ripped the whole thing back 🫠 #knitting

Ohio voters approved a ballot measure enshrining a right to abortion in the State Constitution on Tuesday. Issue 1, as the ballot measure is known, had become the most-watched race in the off-year U.S. elections. nyti.ms/47e8p98

I’ve been ending my workdays by lighting a fire in the fireplace and eating homemade apple crisp (made with the apples leftover from apple picking this fall) and it’s pretty fantastic. #maine

I just moved into a new neighborhood and the self-imposed pressure I’m feeling to not be the lame house that runs out of candy on #Halloween is real.