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Hello Darkness My Old Friend
I really hate winter. Every year I dread the clocks changing, the damp roads, and the endless grey. But over the years, I’ve found little ways to make it bearable — good kit, rides with friends, even Woolie Boolie socks. And something unexpected happens: by the end of most winters, I don’t really mind it.…
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Scrum Fables: Kick Off, Party On
I’ve seen it where teams always skip the planning meetings. It means they have to cram all the planning into one exhausting session — and then rush through it. That’s no fun.
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Scrum Fables : Bridge Over the River Oops
I’ve never seen people build a bridge, but I have seen people make software. With some decisions, people have already made up their minds — it doesn’t matter what you say. You might as well be saying “Moo.” It often does not end well.
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Scrum Fables: The Snack Thief
When people investigate a problem, some follow the evidence and others just wing it. This fable is about biscuits, geese, and how instinct sometimes gets you nowhere.
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Scrum Fables: Done Done
Done. Done done. Done done done. I’ve been in meetings where these all seemed like valid categories — until you step back and see it for what it is.
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Scrum Fables: The Red Flag
Some teams race ahead without checking the map. They’re so focused on “winning” they don’t notice they’re headed toward the wrong goal. Speed doesn’t help if you’re running in the wrong direction.
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Why Some Meetings Should Never Be Cancelled
Meetings aren’t the problem. Cancelling them is. This post is about missed conversations, broken processes, and why skipping your team’s hygiene routine can leave a surprisingly bad smell.
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Scrum Fables: Retroactive Solutions
I’ve sat through both kinds of reflection meetings: the ones where nothing changes (frustrating, pointless, soul-draining)… and the ones where even a tiny adjustment makes everything smoother next time. This fable is about that difference.
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Scrum Fables : A Faster Horse
When people wheel out that fake quote about “faster horses,” I always imagine one with rockets strapped to its sides. It’s surprisingly common for people to mistake a solution for the solution — without really understanding the problem they’re trying to solve.
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Scrum Fables: The Plan
I’ve been reading a lot of fables lately, and I had the idea to use them to show how things can go wrong with Scrum (though they apply just as well outside of Scrum). I’ve seen many tasks that are literally just a title and no details, and then people try to implement that. This…
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The Definition of “Bug” Is a Mute Point—Here’s How We Fixed It
When everything’s a bug, nothing is. When no one agrees what “bug” means, the list just keeps growing. And growing. This is a story about how we think we understand a word—and what happens when we don’t agree on what it actually means. And why defining “bug” was the fix we didn’t know we needed.
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How the Worst Injury of My Life Made Me a Stronger Cyclist
After the worst injury of my life, I didn’t just heal—I changed. Somewhere between the morphine dreams and ceiling tiles, I found the fire that would carry me forward. This is a story about coming back. About steel… and unicorns.
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Why I’d Travel 100 Years for KitKats (But Probably Won’t).
WordPress asked which future I’d travel to. I considered utopias, sci-fi marvels, and yes — chocolate-based financial planning. But after reviewing all of human history and my dinner plans, I realised something… The future is uncertain. Except for one thing. I’m having pizza at 8.
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The Time I Dropped a Rider Before We Left Town
When you’ve seen enough rides go wrong, you start to recognise the signs. Sometimes you wait, and hope it’ll be fine. Other times… you don’t. This is a story about cycling, yes. But really, it’s about what happens when you realise something isn’t going to work—and you have to decide what kind of leader, or…
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Scrum Doesn’t Work Without This One Thing
Think Scrum fails because the stories are bad? Or the process is wrong? Nope. It’s something deeper—and way more human.
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How I Beat Weird French Engineering and Became a Seatpost Whisperer
I designed. I printed. It broke. Then I met my enemy: a dead French engineer named Nostradumbass. He was the parallelogram-shaped thorn in my side. This is the story of rage, redesigns, CAD-induced breakdowns, and finally—maybe—a little carbon fibre redemption.
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How One Question Saved Weeks of Work
A team where no one asks questions might feel safe — but it’s not. Questions aren’t a problem; they find the problems before it’s too late. This post explores how one question saved weeks of work, and why “no questions” is never a good sign.
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How a Snapped Seatpost Sent Me on a 3D Printing Odyssey
I tried to fix a French bike seatpost with a 3D printer and the sheer power of structural optimism. Spoiler: the seatpost folded in half. Like a croissant. Like my dignity. Bienvenue.
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Shellacked: The Turtle and the Duck
We all polish parts of ourselves before we share them — stories, ideas, a piece of who we are. But even friendly taps can leave marks. This is a fable about care disguised as critique, and what happens when quiet damage goes unnoticed… until it doesn’t.
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I Thought I Knew How Lights Worked—Then I 3D Printed These
We all know what a light looks like… right? This post explores how unconscious assumptions shape what we think good design should look like—and how breaking those mental models led me to create a series of strange, beautiful, impossible-looking lights. From floating fins to colour-shifting spheres, this is a love letter to curiosity, creativity, and…
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