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#DoneDecidingWithDiamonds

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Someone once told me how much they appreciate that I use the correct flow chart shapes. Now, at the risk of disappointing them, I am deciding to break convention. I appreciate the jarring disruption a diamond creates to highlight where a workflow may diverge, but I am done with the aesthetic tradeoffs. I don't want to make a larger diamond. I can't always shorten my text. Sometimes I need more than 3 divergent paths. Enter the hexagon. Easily matches the dimensions of the other shapes. Provides more space for text. Supports 7 paths! Sure - it may get trigger someone to question your knowledeg of conventions, as they spit out their coffee and arrogantly belittle you as they proclaim that hexagons are meant for initializations. That's why I'm sharing this post. It's time to build a movement. It's time to disrupt the status quo. If someone gives you any guff, you just point them here and let them know we're #DoneDecidingWithDiamonds . If hexagons are good enoug...

The Sound of Data

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PSA to all my engineering pals... The worst (best?) thing you can do for an Engineer-turned-Product-Manager is giving them read-access to the databases & logs. Queries and joins and more joins for linking, Dashboards and charts to show what I’m thinking, AI and BI put the insights on springs, These are a few of my favorite things. 🎶

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