One route at a time
Each path is 3 to 7 stops. A stop takes about 3 minutes. Finish a path in one sitting, or stop at any station and pick it up later.
1 Foundations How does software work?
- 01How data is storedWhere facts live, what shape they take, how they survive.6 stops, 18 min
- 02How systems talkHow one program asks another for something, and what it does while it waits.7 stops, 21 min
- 03How things breakThe common ways working software stops working.7 stops, 21 min
- 04How code is organizedHow code is split into parts, and how the parts lean on each other.7 stops, 21 min
- 05How teams shipHow a change gets from one laptop to every user.6 stops, 18 min
2 Habits How will I find out I'm wrong, and how cheap will the mistake be?
Find out sooner
06Before you buildCatch the wrong idea while it is still only words.3 stops, 9 min- 07While you buildLearn within seconds whether the last change broke something.4 stops, 12 min
- 08Before you shipA last look by someone, or something, that did not write the change.3 stops, 9 min
- 09After you shipThe change is live. Make the system tell you it is wrong before a customer does.3 stops, 9 min
Make the mistake cheaper
10Keep it smallMake each change so small that a mistake in it is cheap to find and cheap to undo.4 stops, 12 min- 11Keep it undoableMake every change one you can take back.4 stops, 12 min
- 12Keep it containedKeep each mistake inside a small box, so it cannot spread.4 stops, 12 min
- 13Guard the doorsPut a stop in front of the few actions you cannot take back.3 stops, 9 min
3 Steering How do I make an agent follow the habits?
- 14Tell itWhat the agent reads: standing orders, recipes for one job, what it can see, notes for the next session.4 stops, 12 min
- 15Limit itHard limits around the agent: what it may touch, scripts that stop a bad step, its own copy to work in.3 stops, 9 min
- 16Check itJudge the agent's work by evidence, not by its own report.3 stops, 9 min
- 17Split the workCut big work into pieces an agent can finish and you can check, and keep the right calls for yourself.3 stops, 9 min