The Lab

Incomplete ideas. Hypotheses in progress. Intellectual honesty mandatory.

These are notes from the field. Raw, unpolished, and possibly wrong. We publish them to think in public.

Senior Title Meaning
Draft

Hypothesis: The "Senior" title is losing meaning

We suspect title inflation is masking a skills crisis. Collecting data on expected capabilities vs. actual capabilities in post-2020 hires.

No Meeting Week
Experiment

The No-Meeting Week

We are running a simulation on the cost of synchronization. What happens if all communication switches to async-only for 5 days?

Closed Source Shift
Thought Experiment

What if Open Source becomes Closed Source by default?

With AI scraping everything, the incentive to publish public code is inverting. Will we see a return to proprietary guilds?