I can report some progress on the Racoon problem

The latest version still can’t handle no raccoons and is less creative about solutions, but at least it is aware that it is screwing up and automatically retries three times before giving up.

Progress..

Matrimonial bombing…

Or, a test for irony-deficiency..

Exceptional variation was noticed in the flow of value on major social media (value) networks between mid October and early November 2024.

Since this is a complex system involving many human actors, a root cause may never be determined….

www.polaris-flow-dispatch.com/p/value-netw...

If I order a pizza from Uber Eats and the delivery guy brings me BBQ from Stans, did any value flow?

No. This is a failed value exchange.

Happens a lot in software

When value exchanges succeed consistently they create value streams.
www.polaris-flow-dispatch.com/p/value-netw...

BSKY

He wants something

Newly empowered oligarchs warming up for the next season…

Whatever happens today, there will always be this memory from 2020 to cherish.
#vote

Verna Allee discovered Value Networks in the nineties while modeling how organizations create value.

It's flown under the radar in the software development world,

I'm hoping to change that..

open.substack.com/pub/thepolar...

𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚.. 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚.. 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜?

More curiosities for you each week at The Polaris Flow Dispatch, in case you are interested in that sort of thing..

open.substack.com/pub/thepolar...

What is a Value Network?

Season 2 of The Polaris Flow Dispatch continues with an exploration of Value Networks and causal models for the flow of value in software product development.

www.polaris-flow-dispatch.com/publish/post...