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As Simple as Possible, and No Simpler

Photo by lilzidesigns on Unsplash Photo by Slidebean on Unsplash There is a famous quote attributed to Albert Einstein. It goes like this: “Everything Should Be Made as Simple as Possible, But Not Simpler.” People use this quote as proof…

Documentation is always out of date

Photo by Stanisław Gregor on Unsplash Photo by AbsolutVision on Unsplash Think for a moment. The last time you looked at the documentation for something (most likely software), you found something different than you expected. Maybe it looked like an…

Solutions vs. Capability

Photo by Todd Quackenbush on Unsplash Photo by Olav Ahrens Røtne on Unsplash Wouldn’t it be easier if software knew what you wanted to do and was able to configure itself for that use? Hah! As we know, well-designed software…

Building the Minimum Viable Record

Photo by Hello I’m Nik on Unsplash A “perfect record” in a customer relationship management – or in any database, really – is a unicorn. Companies often talk about a “golden record” as an aspirational goal. This is an end…

Interrupting Flow

Photo by John Matychuk on Unsplash The process of building software requires strategy (what are we going to build), tactics (how are we going to build it), and communication (how do we share what we are doing, the progress of…

Building a better decision model

Join smart, curious folks to get the Data Ops 📊 newsletter each week (it’s free!) What can you do with a spreadsheet? Yes, I’m talking about Excel, Google Sheets, and all of the other Software as a service tools that…

Build Rules Before Applications

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