Michael Lopp
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- Kate Wardin9 talks
- Lena Reinhard22 talks
- Denise Yu18 talks
- Scott Triglia6 talks
- Aaron Harpole3 talks
- Paul Klipp5 talks
| title | conference | date |
|---|---|---|
| The story box | LDX3 London 2026 | 2026-06-02 |
Three concrete takeaways: run weekly 30‑minute one‑on‑ones until people give feedback — trust shows up around week five in the transcript’s example; treat AI… | ||
| The Product Triangle | Elevate 2019 by Plato | 2019-08-14 |
Defines how engineering, product and program managers split who decides what and why accountability means justify actions and decisions, not punish. Calls out… | ||
| The New Manager Death Spiral | The Lead Developer New York 2018 | 2018-04-24 |
A worst-case cascade names the new manager death spiral: a single boss-affirmation leads to signing up for everything, slipping into fake delegation (bare… | ||
| Leadership. By the numbers. | The Lead Developer 2016 | 2016-06-23 |
Gives concrete rules and surprising numbers: schedule 30 minutes every week for one-on-ones, keep team size near 7 plus or minus 3, expect conformity effects… | ||
| A Brief History of Software | OSCON 2009 | 2009-07-20 |
A rapid case study of Borland’s Paradox for Windows (1992) shows concrete causes and effects: the product ships as a full desktop database with ObjectPAL IDE… | ||
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