Ask HN: Any Literature on “Pace Layering”?

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6 years ago

A few months back I saw a comment[1] from one of the stripe co-founders where they mentioned they were thinking about "pace layering" and how it applied to their company and processes.

A quick google turned up an interesting article summing up a concept with the same name[2] by Stewart Brand. In the Acknowledgements section he mentioned a chapter in his book, which I tracked down and read[3]. While there are some clear parallels to software/product development, and I actually enjoyed it much more than I thought I would, I was left with more questions than real answers.

I'm wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of some more reading material on the subject, preferably in a tech/business context? Personally I like to do my professional reading with books, but articles, talks, podcasts, etc would also be super useful.

Thanks Team!

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20929631

[2]: https://jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/issue3-brand/release/2

[3]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38310.How_Buildings_Learn