CARGOCULT.IO / FIELD OPS / STRIP 01

ARRIVALS TODAY: 0 · ARRIVALS EVER: 0

awaiting
cargo.

// we built the airstrip. we built the tower. the planes have not landed in a while.

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        bamboo                              bamboo                              bamboo
        tower                               fire                                tower

tower log · live● REC

— approach clear. no inbound.
— approach clear. no inbound.
— wind 04kt from 270°
— lit the torches. nothing.
— approach clear. no inbound.

since last arrival
11y 08m 00d 17:26:35
flight UA-0001 · landed 2014-10-12 06:47 UTC

field conditions

wind: 04 kt / 270°
visibility: good
torches: lit
coconuts: worn
morale: tenuous
hope: unchanged

arrivals · all times local

the board.

Updated in real time. Every flight on this board was promised. None of them have landed. The board refreshes anyway.

flight name orig eta status
AI-001 generative everything SV delayed —● circling
W3-042 decentralized xMIA — : — ——● diverted
PLG-07 product-led growth NYC delayed —● delayed
SER-99 serverless-first SEA delayed —● delayed
MIC-23 microservices, everywhere AUS — : — ——● delayed
MON-17 monolith revival, second coming BER circling —● circling
NFT-03 the jpeg renaissance LAX cancelled —● cancelled
LLM-88 agents, autonomous, imminent SV next qtr —● delayed
RPA-11 the digital workforce BLR delayed —● delayed
CRY-44 web3, but this time DXB delayed —● circling
VRX-21 the metaverse, briefly SEA cancelled —● cancelled
KUB-08 kubernetes for the home AUS delayed —● delayed

DEPARTURES — none scheduled. Nothing leaves either.

§ manifesto

why we
wait.

In the 1940s, soldiers landed on Pacific islands with cargo. They left. The islanders, having observed, built bamboo runways, wooden headsets, coconut microphones — and waited for the planes to return.

This website is for the people who build those runways now. Hi.

  1. We confuse the ceremony for the software.
  2. A roadmap is a prayer with dates.
  3. A framework is a belief someone else had for you.
  4. The standup is a séance in which nothing is summoned.
  5. Velocity is the shadow of work, not work.
  6. A design system is a promise to stop thinking.
  7. We hired a coach to tell us what we already knew.
  8. A post-mortem rarely names the dead.
  9. An OKR is a quarterly horoscope.
  10. The all-hands is a mirror held up to another mirror.
  11. Agile is a two-day offsite that changed nothing.
  12. We A/B test to avoid deciding.

— additional theses accepted via tower radio. see below.

§ the rites

what we do
while we wait.

excerpted from the handbook · vol. i

I. 15 min · $0
The Standing
Daily, 10:00h. Each celebrant recounts yesterday, today, blockers. Attendance is ceremonial.

II. 2 hr · $$$
The Planning
Stones (points) cast against the wall of the backlog. Stones that bounce back are called "unclear."

III. 1 hr · $$
The Retrospective
Three columns: what went well, what did not, what we will do. Column three is a formality.

IV. 45 min · $$$$
The All-Hands
The high priest reminds the congregation of the mission. The congregation nods.

V. 30 min · $
The One-on-One
A confession of workload. Penance: more workload.

VI. 3 days · $$$$$
The Offsite
Attendees are relocated to a resort to solve the same problems, slower, with worse coffee.

§ radio

signal
the tower.

Leave a frequency. When a plane lands, we'll broadcast. If no plane lands, we'll broadcast that too. It will sound identical.

transmit
@send
// we read no responses. that is how we know they are coming.