Nat Bennett

Some have called them a software engineer. They've worked on Cloud Foundry and a few other large systems. They're also a writer, photographer, and speaker.

An office with a door that closes

I don't need to win an argument with anyone, even with myself, about whether the thing that makes me happy and comfortable also makes me more productive.

Why Does Pivotal Tracker Have a Priority Field?

Does the Tracker team even use Tracker itself anymore?

An Interview with Josh Aresty, Tech Lead at Braintree

We talked about pairing, story acceptance, process change, adapting to remote work, and a neat technique I’d never heard of before for weekly planning.

Newsletter Recommendations

Here's the neighborhood you're in right now. These aren't the only newsletters I read, but they're the ones that have most influenced this one, or that I find the most consistently interesting.

Conservation of Conflict

You can make conflict more pleasant, but only if you stop trying to get rid of it.

Code is a load-bearing poem (and a pop-up newsletter)

A program is a poem that you write for two audiences: The computer, and every programmer who comes after you.