# pimm.work/thoughts

> Personal thoughts on software engineering by Pimm "de Chinchilla" Hogeling.

Copyright 2025-2026 Pimm "de Chinchilla" Hogeling, [Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/)

## Thoughts

* [What's In A Name?](https://pimm.work/thoughts/whats-in-a-name.html): published 2026-09-04, 2-minute read, on naming.
* [The One-Paella Rule](https://pimm.work/thoughts/one-paella-rule.html): published 2026-05-15, 2-minute read, on team size, collaboration, brooks's law.
* [Playing the Trump Card](https://pimm.work/thoughts/playing-the-trump-card.html): published 2026-01-11, 3-minute read, on hierarchy, conflict resolution, psychological safety.
* [On Modifying Software You Didn't Build](https://pimm.work/thoughts/modifying-software-you-didnt-build.html): published 2025-12-07, 3-minute read, on mentoring, legacy code, refactoring.
* [The Most Important Offboarding Question](https://pimm.work/thoughts/most-important-offboarding-question.html): published 2025-09-23, 2-minute read, on institutional memory, tech debt, offboarding.