Death by a Thousand Pings

Every ping wants a piece of you. Eventually, there’s nothing left to share. By the time I finished my fifth meeting of the day, I’d spent five and a half hours “collaborating” and exactly zero minutes doing what I was hired to do. I’m a developer, technically. But most days I feel more like an antenna picking up whatever signal Teams, or Jira or Outlook decides to emit. ...

November 5, 2025 · 3 min · The Cynical Developer