Paul Osman
paulosman.me · Personal blog · on HN since 2020
Paul Osman is a software engineer and engineering leader who writes about production practices, sociotechnical systems, and AI.
What HN saysHN commenters link his posts on production-oriented development and on serving on a company board as an employee, as in Honeycomb's case.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Production-Oriented Development6 people · 208 points · first shared 2020 · 139 comments on HN
- 2Sociotechnical Lenses into Software Systems4 people · 61 points · first shared 2021 · 6 comments on HN
- 3Being on a board as an employee2 people · 155 points · first shared 2022 · 60 comments on HN
- 4Where I'm at with AI2 people · 5 points · first shared 2026 · discussion on HN
- 5Getting Up to Speed1 people · 2 points · first shared 2025 · discussion on HN
- 6Solving a Murder Mystery – Database Bug Investigation1 people · 2 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
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snotrockets · 2023-02-08
Honeycomb did something similar, voluntarily. Paul Osman, the employee serving on the board, posted about the experience: https://paulosman.me/2022/10/17/being-on-a-board/
GordonS · 2020-02-23
Also published at:
https://paulosman.me/2019/12/30/production-oriented-development.html