Reading List. Week 45, 2025

Here are some things I’ve read recently, related to work, that caught my attention, shared without comment.

• Acknowledging The Tough, Hard, Difficult Seasons
• The Secret to Seamless Onboarding: Steal It From Waffle House
• You’ll never see attrition referenced in an RCA – Surfing Complexity
• 6 Defensive Behaviors That Show Up at Work—and How Psychological Safety Can Help
• Stop trying to change your manager
• Running 1:1s for Engineers | Off by One
• Stop Caring So Much About Your People – Aviv Ben-Yosef
• The Ultimate List of Best Software Architecture Books (2026) 📗
• Your URL Is Your State
• The Silent Career Killer Most Engineers Miss
• Architectural debt is not just technical debt
• Codus Operandi
• Thinking Clearly – Daniel Lemire’s blog