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Root Cause Thinking: Why We Build From First Principles
Most software treats symptoms. Here is the process we use at ROOT to dig past what is broken and find what is actually missing.
ROOT TEAMAUGUST 17, 20262 MIN READREAD POST
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PRODUCT PHILOSOPHYFIRST PRINCIPLES
Why Most Products Treat Symptoms
AUGUST 15, 2026 · 2 MIN READ
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DEVXCLENGINEERING
Inside DevXcl: What DORA Metrics Actually Tell You
Deployment frequency and burnout risk sound unrelated. Our data says otherwise. Here is what four months of DevXcl telemetry taught us.
AUGUST 3, 2026 · 2 MIN READ
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PROCESSCULTURE
How a Small Team Ships Four Products at Once
Four products in beta, one team, zero managers. This is the operating system we run. Shared principles, separate codebases, ruthless scope.
JULY 20, 2026 · 1 MIN READ