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I read a post on HN recently where a guy in his teens used to visit a construction site to watch how peopled worked and even help them for small fee. Now he could just watch a YouTube video about … Read more
I’ve spent just about the last month visiting my dad in the ICU every day. The long story short is that my dad had surgery for lung cancer, recovery went really poorly, and my dad’s been slowly progressing from comatose … Read more
When people talk about “managing up”, sometimes it’s framed as a bad thing – massaging the ego of people in charge so that they treat you well. In my experience, managing up is usually a lot more practical. Your manager … Read more
Before refiling inbox entries into projects, I usually try to set an estimated time (effort) needed to complete the tasks as well as some contextual information (using tags). To ease the process, we’ll first modify the inbox header to add … Read more
8-31-2022 A few days ago, I noticed that the prices of World War 2 era slide rules have fallen to below $20 US. Fifteen to twenty years ago, they were selling for $50-$80. My guess is that the people who … Read more
Last week on the internet, people were… upset over this GQ listicle, in which the editors asked a handful of well-regarded contemporary authors to pick a book “you don’t have to read” and suggest another, better one in its place. … Read more
Things I wish everyone knew about Git (Part II) This is a writeup of a talk I gave in December for my previous employer. It’s long so I’m publishing it in several parts: Part I: Part II (you are here): … Read more
Things I wish everyone knew about Git (Part I) This is a writeup of a talk I gave in December for my previous employer. It’s long so I’m publishing it in several parts: Part I (you are here): Part II: … Read more
It is often surprising how little is known about how databases operate at a surface level, considering they store almost all of the states in our applications. Yet, it’s foundational to the overall success of most systems. So today, I … Read more