<!doctype html>
<html lang="en" data-mode="light">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
<link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="/favicon.svg">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="/favicon-32x32.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="/favicon-16x16.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/apple-touch-icon.png">
<title>Jeremy Hutchings</title>
<meta name="description" content="Some of the things I'm curious about — essays on teams, systems thinking, and how software gets made." />
<meta name="author" content="Jeremy Hutchings" />
<link rel="canonical" href="https://www.jeremyhutchings.com/" />

<meta property="og:type" content="website" />
<meta property="og:title" content="Jeremy Hutchings" />
<meta property="og:description" content="Some of the things I'm curious about." />
<meta property="og:url" content="https://www.jeremyhutchings.com/" />

<link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Jeremy Hutchings" href="/feed.xml" />

<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com" />
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin />
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Newsreader:ital,opsz,wght@0,6..72,400;0,6..72,500;0,6..72,600;1,6..72,400;1,6..72,500&family=Inter+Tight:wght@400;500;600&family=JetBrains+Mono:wght@400;500&display=swap" rel="stylesheet" />

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Blog",
  "name": "Jeremy Hutchings",
  "description": "Some of the things I'm curious about.",
  "url": "https://www.jeremyhutchings.com/",
  "author": {
    "@type": "Person",
    "name": "Jeremy Hutchings",
    "url": "https://www.jeremyhutchings.com/"
  }
}
</script>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles.css" />
<style>
  .site {
    max-width: 1040px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: clamp(28px, 5vw, 56px) var(--pad-x) 120px;
  }

  .site-head {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: space-between;
    gap: 24px;
    padding-bottom: 28px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
    margin-bottom: clamp(60px, 10vw, 120px);
  }

  .hero {
    margin-bottom: clamp(80px, 12vw, 140px);
    max-width: 920px;
  }
  .hero h1 {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: clamp(48px, 7.5vw, 112px);
    line-height: 0.98;
    letter-spacing: -0.025em;
    margin: 0 0 32px;
    color: var(--ink);
  }
  .hero h1 em {
    font-style: italic;
    color: var(--accent);
    font-weight: 400;
  }
  .hero .tagline {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: 400;
    font-size: clamp(20px, 2.3vw, 26px);
    line-height: 1.4;
    color: var(--ink-2);
    max-width: 36ch;
    margin: 0 0 40px;
  }
  .hero .meta {
    display: flex;
    gap: 28px;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-size: 12px;
    letter-spacing: 0.05em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--ink-3);
  }
  .hero .meta a { color: var(--ink-2); position: relative; }
  .hero .meta a::after {
    content: "\2192";
    margin-left: 6px;
    transition: transform .2s;
    display: inline-block;
  }
  .hero .meta a:hover { color: var(--accent); }
  .hero .meta a:hover::after { transform: translateX(3px); }

  .section-label {
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-size: 11.5px;
    letter-spacing: 0.12em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--ink-3);
    margin-bottom: 32px;
    display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 14px;
  }
  .section-label::after {
    content: "";
    flex: 1; height: 1px;
    background: var(--rule);
  }

  .posts { list-style: none; padding: 0; margin: 0; }
  .post-item {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 110px 1fr auto;
    gap: clamp(20px, 4vw, 56px);
    padding: 28px 0;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
    align-items: baseline;
    transition: padding .2s;
  }
  .post-item:first-child { border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); }
  .post-item:hover { padding-left: 12px; }
  .post-item time {
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-size: 12px;
    letter-spacing: 0.04em;
    color: var(--ink-3);
    font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
  }
  .post-item .title {
    font-family: var(--serif);
    font-size: clamp(22px, 2.6vw, 30px);
    line-height: 1.18;
    letter-spacing: -0.015em;
    font-weight: 400;
    color: var(--ink);
    margin: 0;
  }
  .post-item .title a { display: block; color: inherit; }
  .post-item:hover .title a { color: var(--accent); }
  .post-item .tags {
    display: flex; gap: 8px;
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-size: 11px;
    letter-spacing: 0.05em;
    color: var(--ink-3);
    text-transform: lowercase;
  }
  .post-item .tags span::before { content: "#"; opacity: 0.5; }

  @media (max-width: 720px) {
    .post-item {
      grid-template-columns: 1fr;
      gap: 8px;
      padding: 24px 0;
    }
    .post-item:hover { padding-left: 0; }
  }

  .site-foot {
    margin-top: clamp(80px, 12vw, 140px);
    padding-top: 32px;
    border-top: 1px solid var(--rule);
    display: flex;
    justify-content: space-between;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    gap: 24px;
    font-family: var(--mono);
    font-size: 11.5px;
    letter-spacing: 0.06em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: var(--ink-3);
  }
  .site-foot .colophon { max-width: 40ch; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0.02em; font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.55; color: var(--ink-3); }
</style>
<!-- Google tag (gtag.js) -->
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-5ZL0PV9CGL"></script>
<script>
  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
  gtag('js', new Date());
  gtag('config', 'G-5ZL0PV9CGL');
</script>
</head>
<body class="h-card">

<div class="site">

  <header class="site-head">
    <a href="/" class="wordmark" rel="author">
      <span class="avatar" aria-hidden="true">JH</span>
      <span>Jeremy Hutchings</span>
    </a>
    <nav class="site-nav" aria-label="Primary">
      <a href="#writing">Writing</a>
      <a href="/about/">About</a>
      <button type="button" class="mode-toggle" aria-label="Toggle dark mode" id="mode-toggle">
        <svg class="sun" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.8" stroke-linecap="round">
          <circle cx="12" cy="12" r="4"/><path d="M12 2v2M12 20v2M4.93 4.93l1.41 1.41M17.66 17.66l1.41 1.41M2 12h2M20 12h2M4.93 19.07l1.41-1.41M17.66 6.34l1.41-1.41"/>
        </svg>
        <svg class="moon" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="1.8" stroke-linecap="round">
          <path d="M21 12.79A9 9 0 1 1 11.21 3 7 7 0 0 0 21 12.79z"/>
        </svg>
      </button>
    </nav>
  </header>

  <section class="hero">
    <h1>Some of <br />the things <br />I'm <em>curious</em><br />about.</h1>
    <p class="tagline">Essays on teams, systems thinking, and the social architecture of software — written slowly, posted rarely.</p>
    <p class="meta">
      <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremyhutch/" rel="me">LinkedIn</a>
      <a href="https://github.com/jeremyhutchings" rel="me">GitHub</a>
      <a href="/feed.xml">RSS</a>
    </p>
  </section>

  <section id="writing" aria-labelledby="writing-label">
    <h2 class="section-label" id="writing-label">Writing</h2>
    <ol class="posts" reversed>

      <li class="post-item h-entry">
        <time class="dt-published" datetime="2026-05-24">24 May 2026</time>
        <h3 class="title">
          <a class="u-url p-name" href="/writing/strata-and-strataforge/">Strata and StrataForge: What Building an AI Agent Arena Actually Taught Me</a>
        </h3>
        <p class="tags p-category" aria-label="Topics"><span>ai</span><span>agents</span><span>engineering</span></p>
      </li>

      <li class="post-item h-entry">
        <time class="dt-published" datetime="2020-06-14">14 Jun 2020</time>
        <h3 class="title">
          <a class="u-url p-name" href="/writing/virtual-teams-and-remote-working/">Virtual Teams and Remote Working: a research based perspective</a>
        </h3>
        <p class="tags p-category" aria-label="Topics"><span>teams</span><span>research</span></p>
      </li>

      <li class="post-item h-entry">
        <time class="dt-published" datetime="2013-11-23">23 Nov 2013</time>
        <h3 class="title">
          <a class="u-url p-name" href="/writing/open-plan-offices/">Open Plan Offices Are Killing Your People</a>
        </h3>
        <p class="tags p-category" aria-label="Topics"><span>workplace</span><span>teams</span></p>
      </li>

      <li class="post-item h-entry">
        <time class="dt-published" datetime="2011-01-30">30 Jan 2011</time>
        <h3 class="title">
          <a class="u-url p-name" href="/writing/hackmode-flow-the-zone/">What is :: Hackmode &mdash; Flow &mdash; The Zone</a>
        </h3>
        <p class="tags p-category" aria-label="Topics"><span>flow</span><span>psychology</span></p>
      </li>

      <li class="post-item h-entry">
        <time class="dt-published" datetime="2010-11-27">27 Nov 2010</time>
        <h3 class="title">
          <a class="u-url p-name" href="/writing/agile-agnostic/">Agile Agnostic: Which Development Method to Use</a>
        </h3>
        <p class="tags p-category" aria-label="Topics"><span>agile</span><span>software engineering</span></p>
      </li>

      <li class="post-item h-entry">
        <time class="dt-published" datetime="2010-11-05">05 Nov 2010</time>
        <h3 class="title">
          <a class="u-url p-name" href="/writing/interviewing-dating-for-a-techie/">Interviewing &amp; Dating for the Techie: Playing the Game</a>
        </h3>
        <p class="tags p-category" aria-label="Topics"><span>management</span><span>teams</span></p>
      </li>

      <li class="post-item h-entry">
        <time class="dt-published" datetime="2010-10-30">30 Oct 2010</time>
        <h3 class="title">
          <a class="u-url p-name" href="/writing/prevent-burnout-continuous-integration-2.0/">Continuous Integration 2.0: Taking Care of the Team</a>
        </h3>
        <p class="tags p-category" aria-label="Topics"><span>teams</span><span>psychology</span></p>
      </li>

      <li class="post-item h-entry">
        <time class="dt-published" datetime="2010-08-07">07 Aug 2010</time>
        <h3 class="title">
          <a class="u-url p-name" href="/writing/cost-of-a-chair/">The Cost of a Chair</a>
        </h3>
        <p class="tags p-category" aria-label="Topics"><span>workplace</span><span>productivity</span></p>
      </li>

      <li class="post-item h-entry">
        <time class="dt-published" datetime="2010-02-14">14 Feb 2010</time>
        <h3 class="title">
          <a class="u-url p-name" href="/writing/cooks-and-coders/">Cooks &amp; Coders</a>
        </h3>
        <p class="tags p-category" aria-label="Topics"><span>teams</span><span>management</span></p>
      </li>

      <li class="post-item h-entry">
        <time class="dt-published" datetime="2009-12-20">20 Dec 2009</time>
        <h3 class="title">
          <a class="u-url p-name" href="/writing/rock-star-vs-rock-solid/">Rock Star vs Rock Solid</a>
        </h3>
        <p class="tags p-category" aria-label="Topics"><span>teams</span><span>management</span></p>
      </li>

      <li class="post-item h-entry">
        <time class="dt-published" datetime="2009-12-01">Dec 2009</time>
        <h3 class="title">
          <a class="u-url p-name" href="/writing/burnout/">Burnout and How to Deal With It</a>
        </h3>
        <p class="tags p-category" aria-label="Topics"><span>psychology</span><span>management</span></p>
      </li>

    </ol>
  </section>

  <footer class="site-foot">
    <div class="colophon">
      <p class="p-note">Written slowly. Powered by static HTML and not very much else.</p>
    </div>
    <div>&copy; <span class="p-name">Jeremy Hutchings</span></div>
  </footer>

</div>

<script>
  const root = document.documentElement;
  const saved = localStorage.getItem('jh-mode');
  if (saved) root.dataset.mode = saved;
  else if (matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)').matches) root.dataset.mode = 'dark';
  document.getElementById('mode-toggle').addEventListener('click', () => {
    const next = root.dataset.mode === 'dark' ? 'light' : 'dark';
    root.dataset.mode = next;
    localStorage.setItem('jh-mode', next);
  });
</script>

</body>
</html>
