The Zachism Dictionary

show your shit

Framework to present a demo. Drop the slides and show what you actually built.

“Alright team, it's Friday — time to show your shit.”

Doing this is a favor to your future self

Logging your work now saves future-you from a panicked Slack thread at 4:59 PM on a Friday. You're not doing it for the process — you're doing it for the version of you who will absolutely not remember this in two weeks.

This is the work part of work

The gentle reminder that not every task gets to be the fun, creative stuff. Sometimes you just have to update the damn tickets. That's literally why they call it work.

the teams shape to the work and not the other way around

Organizational philosophy that teams should adapt to what needs to be done, rather than forcing work into existing team structures. Work goes where it makes sense, not where org charts dictate.

“Meaning this doesn't have to land on platform. And of course ya'll have a platform team — what company doesn't!”