Matt Shaw

Published on October 7, 2026 at 9:37 am 'There's always an opportunity to add a little color, a little vibrancy, to a space,' says Haley Wright. We're standing in the galley kitchen of Wright's home, a cozy, two-bedroom on an upper floor of a Downtown hig... See more

Life as a touring musician is an endurance test: An ultramarathon of early-morning van calls and long drives, punctuated by fits of hurry-up-and-wait between load-in and soundcheck, all of which is borne for an hour or so under the stage lights (and, if y... See more

Part 1 of this series was about recognising waste (Muda) and Part 2 was about how uneven flow (Mura) creates that waste. This final part is about the force that gives rise to both. The Japanese term Muri (無理) roughly translates to "overburden" or "unreaso... See more

Cognitive Load Lean Platform Engineering Team Topologies Technical Debt Muri: The Root Cause of Overburden¶ Part 1 of this series was about recognising waste (Muda) and Part 2 was about how uneven flow (Mura) creates that waste. This final part is about t... See more

Agile Continuous Delivery DevOps Kanban Lean Mura: The Source of Uneven Flow¶ In part 1, we explored the eight wastes (Muda) as the visible symptoms of inefficiency in software delivery. We saw how waste shows up in unfinished work, handoffs, long waits, ... See more