Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 24/07/2025This would have been perfect to include because it really cuts to the chase: every manager is first and foremost a project manager. "Is the box going to be ticked on time?" is the overriding concern because it discharges the manager's responsibility to their reporting chain. Quality is secondary. 2316
Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 24/07/2025The dynamic this creates is that everything is sacrificed at the altar of velocity - including the things that make it possible to do good work, or even stop bad work from getting done. This shows up well on a dashboard but creates a phenomenon that @jmspool.bsky.social calls "user experience rot." 2231
Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 24/07/2025It's a real shame that enshittification as a concept became so diluted, because this is a completely separate phenomenon with distinct causes. Enshittification is when companies degrade the experience to extract more value. Experience rot is when companies lose the ability to make a good experience. 28013
Robin-Yann Storm @rystorm.com · 24/07/2025Exactly, you end up with "The work got done" and it also becomes irrefutable that it got done. It did get done. It just sucks. And arguing about "Acceptance criteria" just maintains the dynamic of management deciding what complete means. It's all harvesting Watermelons: youtu.be/mQGOUdqEhaw?...youtu.beThe Danger of Watermelons in your SoftwareYouTube video by Robin-Yann Storm 010