Victor Loux Bookmarks

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Product Management Software

prodpad.com/
The #1 Product Management Platform. Roadmap, idea, and feedback management that ties actions to outcomes. Clear the chaos and unite teams to create outstanding products.

We don’t have a hundred biases, we have the wrong model

worksinprogress.co/issue/biases-the-wrong-model/
Behavioral economics has identified dozens of cognitive biases that stop us from acting 'rationally'. But instead of building up a messier and messier picture of human behavior, we need a new model.

Devastating Cyber Attack on America’s Gas Stations: | Medium

medium.com/@RoseSecurity/a-theoretically-devastating-cyber-attack-on-americas-gas-stations-ff1d9bbaf1
Could an attacker shutting down over 7,000 fueling stations in the United States with little effort leave the nation crippled? I believe the answer is clear.

An app can be a home-cooked meal

robinsloan.com/notes/home-cooked-app/
Peo­ple don’t only learn to cook so they can become chefs. Some do! But many more peo­ple learn to cook so they can eat bet­ter, or more affordably. Because they want to carry on a tradition. Some­times they learn because they’re bored! Or even because — get this — they love spend­ing time with the per­son who’s teaching them.

The term ‘quiet quitting’ is worse than nonsense | Financial Times

ft.com/content/a09a2ade-4d14-47c2-9cca-599b3c25a33f
If your staff turn up every day, do exactly what you ask of them, but don’t go above and beyond, they are still working

Quality Is Systemic - Jacob Kaplan-Moss

jacobian.org/2022/sep/9/quality-is-systemic/
If your team is producing defective code, consider that it may not be because they all suck at their jobs. It’s probably because the environment isn’t allowing them to produce quality software.

Build Your Career on Dirty Work | Stay SaaSy

staysaasy.com/career/2022/09/11/Dirty-Work.html
The Dirty Work Theory: The lamentable work that many people avoid are great places to look for high impact, low hanging fruit.

What Makes Brain Fog So Unforgiving - The Atlantic

theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/09/long-covid-brain-fog-symptom-executive-function/671393/
Brain fog isn’t like a hangover or depression. It’s a disorder of executive function that makes basic cognitive tasks absurdly hard.

My Five Biggest Design System Mistakes | by Steve Dennis | Sep, 2022 | Medium

medium.com/@subcide/my-five-biggest-design-system-mistakes-4725859926c2
A lot of design system articles focus on the ideal or best ways to approach certain problems. There’s a lot less written on what doesn’t work, and what was learned from it. Our design system team has…

Why public chats are better than direct messages - Teamplify blog

teamplify.com/blog/why-public-chats-are-better-than-direct-messages/
As a result, when you send a direct message, you distract your colleague, but when you post a message in a group chat, you don't distract them (unless you mention someone explicitly via @). From our experience, the vast majority of work questions are not so urgent that they require an immediate response. Most topics can be discussed asynchronously – you post a question when you have time, and your teammates will respond when they have time. It greatly helps to minimize distractions,...

Accessibility Not-Checklist | Brewed by team Intopia

not-checklist.intopia.digital/
The Accessibility Not-Checklist acts as a guide to make sure you haven’t missed anything. If you’re new to accessibility, the resource provides a foundation – it’s an overview of what you’ll need to consider, but it won’t teach you WCAG from front to back.