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Bob Marshall writes Think Different, a personal blog at flowchainsensei.wordpress.com about productivity, business and career. Since 2012, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-15, and you can follow it by feed.

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2012–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2012

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Bob Marshall's blog on flow, lean and agile thinking. HN readers link it for its advice on going only as deep as needed to solve a problem, and as a resource for project managers to start with.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

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  1. This mentality is what leads to paint drip shaped people. It's a very good practice in my experience. Go just as deep as you need to solve the problem. https://flowchainsensei.wordpress.com/2021/07/28/kent-becks-...

    Comment linking /2021/07/28/kent-becks-paint-drip-people/

    on “I Am Happy Not to Be a Web Developer Anymore”
  2. Submitted Agile Coaching is Evil as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  3. i2oc · 2013-01-04Recommends
    think differently start here: http://www.management30.com/ http://flowchainsensei.wordpress.com/ http://agilecoach.typepad.com/agile-coaching/ http://www.selfishprogramming.com/ http://www.targetprocess.com/blog/ for product dev orgs: http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Product-Development-Flow-Ge...

    Comment linking /

    on “Ask HN: what resources would you recommend to Project Managers?”
  4. Submitted How We Broke 40M Developers: An Agile Pioneer's Lament as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. Submitted The Future Of Work as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. Submitted Smart Thinking in the Age of AI as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  7. Submitted Simples as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  8. Submitted Bob Marshall: What is Value? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. Submitted How likely is it? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  10. Submitted Software Development is like Mowing Your Lawn as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted The Inductive Deductive Schism as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted Bugs Are A Signal as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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