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You can’t change the time constants on typical log-level stuff by much without changing the thing itself. How long it takes paint to dry, water to boil in a given kettle, 9 months to make a baby, 2000 repetitions to master a mechanical skill etc. No point getting mad about that.
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Serenity prayer special edition: God grant me the serenity to accept the time constants I cannot change;  courage to change the time constants I can;  and wisdom to know the difference
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The difference between good and bad managers often amounts to knowing where you can apply pressure to actually accelerate things, and where pressure will merely cause people to cut corners. Which is fine if you want plausible deniability for corners being cut, but dumb otherwise
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Where it works, it’s because there’s a principal-agent problem lurking in the security of obscurity. Employees sandbagging/running out the clock etc. Free slack you can take up by making your impatience more annoying than going faster.
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