Operations
An Elegant Puzzle , by Will Larson, on the community book club.
It is the best book I ever read about engineering management, and the reason comes down to one thing: systems thinking. This is a wildly overused term, but Will gives a very precise definition for it.
Systems are combinations of stocks and flows :
It is the best book I ever read about engineering management, and the reason comes down to one thing: systems thinking. This is a wildly overused term, but Will gives a very precise definition for it.
Systems are combinations of stocks and flows :
- 🧱 Stocks — are accumulations of resource
AI bottlenecks, translating impact, and systems thinking 💡
- f the cost of creating apps craters, the cost of distribution will go up .
- Because there will be more competition.
- To unlock the power of infinite software will require a new distribution model.
- A new medium with different physics.
Bits and Bobs 5/19/25
- Enterprise products get more complicated over time and consumer products get more smooth.
- Enterprise products tend to get more fractally complicated over time.
- Consumer products tend to get smoother over time.
- Enterprise customers are individually big enough to demand niche features but no individual consumer is.
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- The tyranny of the marginal user.
Bits and Bobs 5/19/25
The most dangerous systems aren't the ones that can fail, but those that convince you they can't.
The Certainty Trap
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