https://merko.io/The written artifacts of work: status updates, decision docs, briefs, handoffs, channel norms, and what the notetaker is allowed to record. Every post ships the actual document.Hugoenhttps://merko.io/posts/weekly-update-for-someone-who-skims/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0200https://merko.io/posts/weekly-update-for-someone-who-skims/<p>Your manager reads the first line of your weekly update. Sometimes the second. If something in those two lines suggests a problem they own, they read the rest; otherwise they scroll.</p> <p>This is not a character flaw and you should stop writing as though it were. They have nine of these. They are reading yours on a phone between two meetings, and the useful question is not how to make them read more — it is what has to be in the part they definitely read.</p>https://merko.io/posts/status-update-replaces-the-standup/Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0200https://merko.io/posts/status-update-replaces-the-standup/<p>The standup is gone and nobody told you what replaces it. That is the actual situation. Somebody decided the fifteen minutes were not earning their keep, the invite disappeared, and the expectation that you all know what each other is doing stayed exactly where it was.</p>