Randy Shoup

@randyshoup

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Randy Shoup
@randyshoup
May 17, 2020
I Am The Very Model of A Modern Software Architect I am the very model of a modern software architect Whose data planes and services do elegantly intersect. Far and wide I’m celebrated for my keen ability To balance throughput, latency, and high-availability.
Randy Shoup
@randyshoup
Jan 20, 2025
Hoping that today of all days we actually start judging people by the content of their character, and not by the color of their skin — whether white, brown, black, or … orange.
Randy Shoup
@randyshoup
Jan 12, 2025
Must-read long-form exploration of AI copilots as Option Value by the ever-brilliant @RealGeneKim : 1. Build things faster 2. Tackle more ambitious projects 3. Build things yourself 4. Have more fun 5. Explore more options Guaranteed return on the ~15 minute investment to read!
IT Revolution
@ITRevBooks
Jan 11, 2025
The DORA metrics paradox: Why did developer productivity drop despite AI assistance? New research suggests traditional measurements miss the revolutionary impact of creating option value: itrev.io/40a1zQc
Randy Shoup
@randyshoup
Jan 12, 2025
"Coming in and making recommendations without owning the results, without owning the implementation, I think is a fraction of the value and a fraction of the opportunity to learn and get better" -- Steve Jobs on consulting youtube.com/watch?v=-c4CNB… (2 min watch) /HT @schrockn
Charlie Marsh
@charliermarsh
Jan 11, 2025
It was really valuable for me to stay at a single company long enough to live with the consequences of my own engineering decisions. To come face-to-face with my own technical debt. It takes a few years for this to play out but IMO it's an important part of engineering growth.
Randy Shoup
@randyshoup
Jan 10, 2025
Why might improving engineering output not generate better business results? Most to least likely: 1. You're measuring the wrong thing 2. You're building the wrong thing 3. Engineering output is not your constraint 4. Business results are non-linear 5. Business results lag 🧵
Gergely Orosz
@GergelyOrosz
Jan 9, 2025
Replying to @GergelyOrosz
Hints as to why revenue might stay flat: Competitors are doing the same and their productivity increased by just as much. And customers don’t care about how you do against your old self; they care about how you do against competition!