Ron Lichty
@ronlichty.bsky.social
Software Engineering Management, untangling organizational knots, creating roadmaps, delivering great products. Author, Programmer, Service, Integrity. Co-author, Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams.
Think about the best team you’ve ever been on. What characterized it? Think about the best manager you’ve ever worked for. What characterized her or him? That’s our topic Thursday night. Join us. www.meetup.com/enterprise-a...
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Think about the best team you’ve ever been on. What characterized it? Think about the best manager you’ve ever worked for. What characterized her or him? That’s our topic Thursday night. Join us. www.meetup.com/enterprise-a...
Managing programmers, why programming management is hard, what makes a good programming manager, the attitude change required to pivot to managing, self-organizing teams, team dynamics and motivation, and performance. Enduring advice: Software Engineering Radio: se-radio.net/2017/10/se-r...
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Managing programmers, why programming management is hard, what makes a good programming manager, the attitude change required to pivot to managing, self-organizing teams, team dynamics and motivation, and performance. Enduring advice: Software Engineering Radio: se-radio.net/2017/10/se-r...
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#GVerse Um. WTF???
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
#GVerse Um. WTF???
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
Agile doesn’t make managers go away. But agile - effective software development - requires a surprisingly different managerial mindset. Next week, Nov. 13, 5:30pm. www.meetup.com/enterprise-a...
November 7, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Agile doesn’t make managers go away. But agile - effective software development - requires a surprisingly different managerial mindset. Next week, Nov. 13, 5:30pm. www.meetup.com/enterprise-a...
Thought about how critical managers are in agile transformations succeeding? Probably not deeply enough! Let’s! Nov. 13, 5:30pm. www.meetup.com/enterprise-a...
November 3, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Thought about how critical managers are in agile transformations succeeding? Probably not deeply enough! Let’s! Nov. 13, 5:30pm. www.meetup.com/enterprise-a...
And if you really want to know about books (and authoring books), read Michael Castleman's fascinating book, The Untold Story of Books: A Writer’s History of Book Publishing, amzn.to/48Yn4FM
November 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
And if you really want to know about books (and authoring books), read Michael Castleman's fascinating book, The Untold Story of Books: A Writer’s History of Book Publishing, amzn.to/48Yn4FM
This “fireside chat” I did a few years ago starts with my (not exactly linear) career story - programmer to mgmt - and coauthoring our book Managing the Unmanageable - then moves on to creating culture for teams to thrive, great teams, & effective product creation… www.youtube.com/watch?v=SazO...
Managing The Unmanageable With Ron Lichty - North Fireside Chat
YouTube video by North Code
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November 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
This “fireside chat” I did a few years ago starts with my (not exactly linear) career story - programmer to mgmt - and coauthoring our book Managing the Unmanageable - then moves on to creating culture for teams to thrive, great teams, & effective product creation… www.youtube.com/watch?v=SazO...
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As a leader, you need to have a hard look at how you are dealing with Technical Debt, because "Compound Interest Works Both Ways" softwareascraft.com/posts/compou...
Compound Interest Works Both Ways
Every shortcut is a loan against your future velocity, and the interest rate is brutal.
softwareascraft.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
As a leader, you need to have a hard look at how you are dealing with Technical Debt, because "Compound Interest Works Both Ways" softwareascraft.com/posts/compou...
Protein powders have a troubling risk action.consumerreports.org/nb-20251014-...
Tell the FDA to set strict lead limits now!
Dangerous lead levels found in protein powder
action.consumerreports.org
October 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Protein powders have a troubling risk action.consumerreports.org/nb-20251014-...
Short video on surveillance pricing that's well worth watching! www.youtube.com/shorts/WVU1C...
Corporate America's pricing secret hurts your wallet!
YouTube video by Consumer Reports
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October 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Short video on surveillance pricing that's well worth watching! www.youtube.com/shorts/WVU1C...
What motivates programmers? What motivated me when I was a programmer? plusplus.co/ideas/create...
Why Creating A Learning Environment Essential For Technical Teams | PlusPlus
How do you maintain a learning environment going forward? Ron Lichty, consultant and former Apple team lead, explains.
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October 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
What motivates programmers? What motivated me when I was a programmer? plusplus.co/ideas/create...
I can claim a certain amount of prescience.
At Agile Open CA I proposed - and facilitated - a session on training distributed teams.
In 2015.
At Agile Open CA I proposed - and facilitated - a session on training distributed teams.
In 2015.
October 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I can claim a certain amount of prescience.
At Agile Open CA I proposed - and facilitated - a session on training distributed teams.
In 2015.
At Agile Open CA I proposed - and facilitated - a session on training distributed teams.
In 2015.
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Kavanaugh recently suggested immigration stops are no big deal if you're a legal resident bc ICE just promptly releases you
That is not, in fact, what ICE does
He invents a fiction bc the reality of the policies he supports is too disturbing for him to imagine
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/brett...
That is not, in fact, what ICE does
He invents a fiction bc the reality of the policies he supports is too disturbing for him to imagine
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/brett...
Brett Kavanaugh’s Racial Profiling Opinion Is Looking Sillier By the Day
Kavanaugh said that immigration agents “promptly” release people after determining that they are legal U.S. residents. They don’t.
ballsandstrikes.org
October 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Kavanaugh recently suggested immigration stops are no big deal if you're a legal resident bc ICE just promptly releases you
That is not, in fact, what ICE does
He invents a fiction bc the reality of the policies he supports is too disturbing for him to imagine
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/brett...
That is not, in fact, what ICE does
He invents a fiction bc the reality of the policies he supports is too disturbing for him to imagine
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/brett...
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Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise."
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr will require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, WaPo reports
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a spokesperson from the HHS.
www.reuters.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise."
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically *why* vaccine trials don't use placebo arms.
Ethical violation as POLICY.
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If anyone from Apple is listening, when I ask my watch or phone for a timer to be started, it should count from the moment I made the request, not a few seconds later when it finally figures out what I said.
September 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
If anyone from Apple is listening, when I ask my watch or phone for a timer to be started, it should count from the moment I made the request, not a few seconds later when it finally figures out what I said.
How do we get sales & marketing folks to hear anything we say? How do we get heard by the exec team's go-to-market folks? Rich Mironov asserts, “Sentences lacking a $ or € or £ are inaudible.” We in dev need to be partners, making this a message for us, too. richmironov.substack.com/p/finishing-...
Finishing Our (Money) Sentences
For a long time, I've been asserting that most* B2B revenue-side executives can’t hear anything we say unless it includes a currency symbol. Sentences lacking a $ or € or £ are inaudible. That include...
richmironov.substack.com
September 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
How do we get sales & marketing folks to hear anything we say? How do we get heard by the exec team's go-to-market folks? Rich Mironov asserts, “Sentences lacking a $ or € or £ are inaudible.” We in dev need to be partners, making this a message for us, too. richmironov.substack.com/p/finishing-...
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Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
September 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
Last year’s Engineering Leadership Community Annual was awesome (as were the ones I attended and even spoke at in the before times). Camaraderie, speaker insights, shared experience, networking, thoughtful conversations, helpful perspectives. Learn, share, grow, recharge. sfelc.com/annual2025
ELC Annual 2025
Announcing ELC Annual 2025 on Sep 10-11, 2025 in San Francisco. It will be a whole new experience, focusing on deep conversations and true connections among high-caliber, pre-vetted engineering leader...
sfelc.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Last year’s Engineering Leadership Community Annual was awesome (as were the ones I attended and even spoke at in the before times). Camaraderie, speaker insights, shared experience, networking, thoughtful conversations, helpful perspectives. Learn, share, grow, recharge. sfelc.com/annual2025
Engineering leaders: questions to resolve? You’ll likely find answers at the Engineering Leadership Community Annual. Sept. 10-11 in SF. The ones I’ve been blessed to attend have been awesome.. sfelc.com/annual2025
ELC Annual 2025
Announcing ELC Annual 2025 on Sep 10-11, 2025 in San Francisco. It will be a whole new experience, focusing on deep conversations and true connections among high-caliber, pre-vetted engineering leader...
sfelc.com
August 31, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Engineering leaders: questions to resolve? You’ll likely find answers at the Engineering Leadership Community Annual. Sept. 10-11 in SF. The ones I’ve been blessed to attend have been awesome.. sfelc.com/annual2025
A serpent emerged from the pool below Rainbow Falls in Golden Gate Park while we were in Seattle!
August 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
A serpent emerged from the pool below Rainbow Falls in Golden Gate Park while we were in Seattle!
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“They should’ve come here legally,” MAGA says. Well, they did. One Afghan interpreter was arrested after a green card appointment. Another? Detained after his asylum hearing. Both helped U.S. troops. Now ICE wants to deport them.
Masked ICE Agents Detain Interpreter Who Helped U.S. Military
The Afghan man was living the U.S. legally and was detained during a routine green card appointment.
www.thedailybeast.com
August 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“They should’ve come here legally,” MAGA says. Well, they did. One Afghan interpreter was arrested after a green card appointment. Another? Detained after his asylum hearing. Both helped U.S. troops. Now ICE wants to deport them.
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August 6, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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ICE raided two Asian supermarkets simultaneously and in one confiscated paperwork, necessary documents and shut down the business.
They even harassed the shoppers.
When your face is the only crime, what kind of system is that.
They even harassed the shoppers.
When your face is the only crime, what kind of system is that.
August 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
ICE raided two Asian supermarkets simultaneously and in one confiscated paperwork, necessary documents and shut down the business.
They even harassed the shoppers.
When your face is the only crime, what kind of system is that.
They even harassed the shoppers.
When your face is the only crime, what kind of system is that.
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Maxwell says she never saw Trump do anything concerning. Of course, we know that she has a different definition of "concerning" than the rest of us.
August 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Maxwell says she never saw Trump do anything concerning. Of course, we know that she has a different definition of "concerning" than the rest of us.