<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>The craft · Press Any Key</title><link>https://pressanykey.tech/en/areas/oficio/</link><description>The human side of software, the universe and everything</description><language>en-US</language><copyright>© 2026 Lino Figueroa</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://pressanykey.tech/en/areas/oficio/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Agile theater: stand-ups, post-its, and zero decisions</title><link>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/agile-theater-stand-ups-post-its-and-zero-decisions/articulo/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/agile-theater-stand-ups-post-its-and-zero-decisions/articulo/</guid><category>Article</category><description>How so many companies adopt the Agile look without changing anything that 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worse</title><link>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/the-cult-of-urgency-when-everything-was-needed-yesterday-and-tomorrow-will-be-worse/articulo/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/the-cult-of-urgency-when-everything-was-needed-yesterday-and-tomorrow-will-be-worse/articulo/</guid><category>Article</category><description>False urgency has become the default operating mode in tech companies, with a real cost in productivity and mental health.</description></item><item><title>"Senior": the title you earn by surviving, not by standing out</title><link>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/senior-the-title-you-earn-by-surviving-not-by-standing-out/articulo/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/senior-the-title-you-earn-by-surviving-not-by-standing-out/articulo/</guid><category>Article</category><description>The 'senior' title in the tech industry is handed out far too often for tenure and chaos tolerance, not for real technical judgment.</description></item><item><title>The full-stack developer cult: lots of stack, not much depth</title><link>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/full-stack-developer-cult-lots-of-stack-not-much-depth/articulo/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/full-stack-developer-cult-lots-of-stack-not-much-depth/articulo/</guid><category>Article</category><description>Why the all-powerful full-stack myth benefits companies and coding schools, and what it costs developers in quality, career growth, and mental health.</description></item><item><title>The Committee: Where Good Ideas Go to Die Slowly</title><link>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/the-committee-where-good-ideas-go-to-die-slowly/articulo/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/the-committee-where-good-ideas-go-to-die-slowly/articulo/</guid><category>Article</category><description>Why committee-based decisions tend to be inefficient, and what organizational research says about designing better collective decision-making processes.</description></item><item><title>The Price of Being Right</title><link>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/the-price-of-being-right/articulo/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/the-price-of-being-right/articulo/</guid><category>Article</category><description>Why technical discussions turn into identity battles — and how to survive without losing your craft or your sanity.</description></item><item><title>Toxic metrics: story points, commits, and other creative ways to fool yourself</title><link>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/toxic-metrics-story-points-commits-and-other-ways-to-fool-yourself/articulo/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/toxic-metrics-story-points-commits-and-other-ways-to-fool-yourself/articulo/</guid><category>Article</category><description>Why measuring productivity with story points, commits, or lines of code destroys teams, and what metrics actually make sense.</description></item><item><title>The subscription model sucks</title><link>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/subscription-model-sucks/articulo/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/subscription-model-sucks/articulo/</guid><category>Article</category><description>We keep paying anyway, because they've got us right where they want us. On subscription fatigue, BWM's heated seat fiasco, enshittification, and what you can actually do about it.</description></item><item><title>The psychological cost of always being "up to date"</title><link>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/psychological-cost-always-up-to-date/articulo/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/psychological-cost-always-up-to-date/articulo/</guid><category>Article</category><description>If you measure your worth against an aggregate of other people's highlights, you always lose. On tech FOMO, training burnout, and why falling a bit behind on purpose is a good idea.</description></item><item><title>A "professional hygiene" guide for developers</title><link>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/professional-hygiene-guide-developers/articulo/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/professional-hygiene-guide-developers/articulo/</guid><category>Article</category><description>It's not about productivity or 'wake up at 5 AM.' It's about how not to burn yourself out along a 25-30 year career.</description></item><item><title>Checklist: "Is this idea worth a tech article?"</title><link>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/is-this-idea-worth-tech-article/articulo/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/is-this-idea-worth-tech-article/articulo/</guid><category>Article</category><description>How to decide if an idea deserves an article (and your time), or if you're better off closing the tab and getting back to your coffee.</description></item><item><title>From "Move Fast" to "Ship Crap": When Speed Eats Quality</title><link>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/from-move-fast-to-ship-crap/articulo/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://pressanykey.tech/en/temas/from-move-fast-to-ship-crap/articulo/</guid><category>Article</category><description>How bad metrics (OKRs, velocity, features per quarter) are pushing a lot of products over the edge.</description></item></channel></rss>