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Boundaries for chat apps: start with the conclusion
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Boundaries for chat apps: start with the conclusion

Advice on boundaries for chat apps tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience and…

Emory BlakeEmory Blake·September 2, 2026·4 min read
Keeping meetings short: adapting to different settings
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Keeping meetings short: adapting to different settings

Most people do not fail at keeping meetings short from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is the doing…

Alaric PennAlaric Penn·August 27, 2026·4 min read
Clearing startup items: the complete picture
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Clearing startup items: the complete picture

Separate two things in clearing startup items: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the action…

Willa FarrowWilla Farrow·August 24, 2026·4 min read
Recording decisions: how to do it concretely
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Recording decisions: how to do it concretely

Most people want recording decisions to make things better. The workable version of that goal is steadier: a floor you can hit on a bad day.…

Cecily HartCecily Hart·August 21, 2026·4 min read
Finding where disk space went: putting effort where it counts
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Finding where disk space went: putting effort where it counts

Put finding where disk space went back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good…

Emory BlakeEmory Blake·August 18, 2026·4 min read
Writing a retrospective: rhythm decides it
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Writing a retrospective: rhythm decides it

Let us set the limits of writing a retrospective first: it reliably improves backups that survive a power cut, and it does not deliver overnight.…

Willa FarrowWilla Farrow·August 15, 2026·4 min read

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SwiftDevices covers devices and software from the inside: four writers, one editorial rule — nothing is published until one of us has done it for at least a month, in a normal home, on a normal budget. The awkward parts stay in the text.