https://obuchmann.dev/tags/knowledge-work/Recent content in Knowledge-Work on obuchmann.devHugoen-usSun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200https://obuchmann.dev/posts/agents-dont-do-hallway-talk/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200https://obuchmann.dev/posts/agents-dont-do-hallway-talk/<h2 id="the-question">The Question</h2> <p>Your first week at a new job. Most of what you learn that week isn&rsquo;t written down anywhere: who you actually ask when something is stuck. What &ldquo;urgent&rdquo; means in this place. Why the official form exists and nobody uses it. No one decided to teach you any of this — you listened, you watched, you imitated. A few months in, you&rsquo;re productive. Not because the documentation was good, but because humans are remarkably good at filling gaps.</p>