Metrics & DORA
Measuring engineering without breaking it: DORA metrics, productivity, and what the numbers are actually for. 3 essays, from 25 years at the seam between the boardroom and the codebase. This is the thinking behind turnaround CTO work.
Tokenmaxxing: Why Token Usage Is a Bad Productivity Metric
Counting tokens tells you nothing about whether work got done. But rationing them to save money is the more expensive mistake. The real skill is context hygiene, and the real win is letting people experiment.
Read →How to Improve DORA Metrics: Low to Elite in 90 Days
How a struggling engineering organization went from fearful, manual releases to elite DORA performance in ninety days, and why process, not heroics, did the work.
Read →How to Measure Engineering Productivity Without Breaking Trust
Productivity metrics turn toxic the moment they're used to rank people. Here's how to measure the system instead of the individual, and still get the leverage leadership wants.
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