The Techno-Socratic Method
Socratic questioning applied to technology.
No
conclusions... just sharper questions.
"Socrates didn't sell courses... he just showed up and made people uncomfortable."
What are we questioning?
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A List of Things for You to Ignore
You would defend your database to anyone. So name the last feature of it you reached for on purpose. When did you last read its changelog?
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Can You Scale a Story?
A synchronous system reads like a story, one thread you can follow start to finish. What if that same thread is the reason you have to scale it all at once, and pay for it?
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Who Was Driving?
Almost everyone has tests. Almost nobody has the D in the middle. A question about what 'driven' really means, and who is steering when the machine writes the code and the test that proves it.
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How Long Was the Interview?
Five hours of interviews for a human. Eight seconds for four hundred strangers with root access. Who read the guest list?
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Focus on What, Exactly?
Focus is Latin for hearth, the fire a household gathers around. We use it to mean: shut the door, let no one in. So what is the word actually for?