InThe Direct ReportbyNathan Harlow·Oct 14My Calendar Was Full. My Week Was Empty.One missed program review taught me why engineering managers keep attending meetings that leave them no time to think.
syan zen·Jan 19If You Need Me In Every Call, What Do You Actually Do?TL;DR: PM’s job is knowing so devs don’t have to be there. Stop making us your external brain.
syan zen·Jan 12AI Generated This Meeting Summary. Nobody Read It.TL;DR: We’re using AI to summarize meetings nobody wanted to attend. Then nobody reads the summaries. We’ve automated the performance of…
syan zen·Jan 5I Spent 30 Minutes Writing What I Could’ve Said in 5TL;DR: Async isn’t more efficient. It’s differently efficient. You pay upfront so others pay less later. Sometimes that’s worth it…
syan zen·Dec 11, 2025I’m In Six Meetings Per Day (I Code During Them)TL;DR: My calendar has 6–7 meetings daily. I code during them because there’s no other time. This isn’t productivity. It’s survival.
PrioBox·Dec 5, 2025Why Your Meetings Accomplish NothingThe average worker spends 23 hours per week in meetings. Most accomplish nothing. Here’s the test that reveals which meetings to cancel.
Deniz Cengiz·Nov 11, 2025The Hidden Spiritual Purpose of Meetings: A Collective Experiment in Patience1. Introduction: The Most Corporate Way to Kill Time
InBetterismbyKompunt Jindawat·Oct 3, 2025When Silence Becomes the Loudest Voice at WorkWhat unspoken words reveal about trust, fear, and leadership.A response icon3A response icon3
Salim Catrina·Aug 12, 2025NTD: three letters that kill innovationStop meeting-hopping and start talking about cool things
