# Cutting the Noise.

DevFeed: [Cutting the Noise.](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/cutting-the-noise-40036.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://dpereira.substack.com/p/cutting-the-noise>)

Author: David Pereira

Published: 2026-08-13T12:29:59Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Untrapping Product Teams](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/untrapping-product-teams.md>)

Topics: [meetings](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/meetings.md>), [Processes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/processes.md>)

Tags: [focus](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/focus.md>), [meetings](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/meetings.md>), [processes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/processes.md>), [progress](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/progress.md>), [simplify](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/simplify.md>), [workflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflow.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article argues that professional growth can come from "adding by subtracting": questioning routines, processes, meetings, and other work practices that no longer serve their original goals. It identifies predictability and stability as factors that can reduce progress and innovation.

## Source excerpt

What can you stop doing now?