Honeycomb reflects on a year of its AI mandate: values should codify how things actually work
mipsytipsy · x · 2026-08-21
Honeycomb CTO Charity Majors published Part 1 of a 3-part series, "How We Do Business at Honeycomb," reflecting on the year since the company issued its AI mandate.
- Core idea: values are not supposed to be aspirational — they should codify how things actually work; AI isn't special, it just amplifies what's already there
- The company believes software is the killer app for AI, that software building is mid-generational upheaval, and this is existential — hence funding the change and making time for everyone to level up
- The year produced substantial material, including Liz Fong-Jones' "30 to 70 PRs a Day: How We Managed Not to Wreck Our Systems"
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