About

Agnomia was founded in 2016 by me, Bill Caputo, as a way to explore and share what I'd learned over the past two decades. That time was spent writing software, building teams and learning what works—and what doesn't—to successfully deliver computing solutions in as many different areas as I could.

And somewhat to my surprise, I realized one day that I had actually gotten pretty good at it! I was also very fortunate to work with some truly amazing people. Together we learned so much, and formed some truly great teams that I'm still really proud of, and made a lot of people a lot of money while we were at it.

And here we are almost thirty years later, and yet just getting started!

With Agnomia, my goal is to help our customers achieve similar success. We treat the entire delivery organization as a decision making system, where each one has the potential to affect all the others. Too often, coding decisions are seen as somehow separate from (and sometimes less important than!) organization and technology selection ones. But I've come to see that they are all connected, and continually shaping (and shaped by) the demands in the delivery context. We don't just provide "best practices" — we teach folks how to see decisions and the forces that shape them. Legible decision-making means making better decisions.

A lot's changed in the past 30 years, but what hasn't, is that success always comes down to the people and the decisions that they make. I've spent 30 years learning how that works, and I intend to spend the next thirty years learning and sharing even more. Welcome.