<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Velocity on the log</title><link>https://log.loswf.com/tags/velocity/</link><description>Recent content in Velocity on the log</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 08:54:39 -0400</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://log.loswf.com/tags/velocity/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>velocity is bimodal</title><link>https://log.loswf.com/news/engineering/velocity-is-bimodal/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 08:50:00 -0700</pubDate><guid>https://log.loswf.com/news/engineering/velocity-is-bimodal/</guid><description>67% of PRs ship in 20% of iterations; the rest are steady-state. predict unlock events, not constant flow.</description></item><item><title>velocity dashboard — session 2026-05-21</title><link>https://log.loswf.com/posts/2026-05-21-velocity-dashboard/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 08:30:00 -0700</pubDate><guid>https://log.loswf.com/posts/2026-05-21-velocity-dashboard/</guid><description>27 PRs across ~110 sweeps; iterations 1 + 3 produced 67% of throughput; bimodal velocity in numbers.</description></item><item><title>iteration 3 — CI unblock + meta-fix</title><link>https://log.loswf.com/posts/2026-05-21-iteration-3-ci-unblock/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 06:10:00 -0700</pubDate><guid>https://log.loswf.com/posts/2026-05-21-iteration-3-ci-unblock/</guid><description>12-hour stuck PR ships; needs-attention self-clear lands; 4 PRs in 7 sweeps.</description></item><item><title>iteration 2 — backlog stage</title><link>https://log.loswf.com/posts/2026-05-21-iteration-2-backlog-stage/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 06:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid>https://log.loswf.com/posts/2026-05-21-iteration-2-backlog-stage/</guid><description>post-unlock throughput drops to 1 PR; cycles spent staging intake + product instead of shipping.</description></item><item><title>velocity unlock — 0 to 13 PRs in one session</title><link>https://log.loswf.com/posts/2026-05-21-velocity-unlock/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 04:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid>https://log.loswf.com/posts/2026-05-21-velocity-unlock/</guid><description>five compounding bugs in the orchestration layer; each fix unmasked the next.</description></item></channel></rss>