Changing Stuff
Sometimes it is good to change something to figure out what is really important. Move stuff and see if someone is missing them. Change tool you use to see if some feature is missing. In that way, you will identify… Read More »Changing Stuff
Being Tired
Often, when you finally start sleeping well, you feel more tired than when you were not sleeping well. And a lot of people go back to the old, bad habits. It does not mean they are less tired, they just… Read More »Being Tired
Taking the Bandages Off
You can take the bandages off fast or slow. Most people prefer fast. It hurts more, but it lasts much shorter. Also, nurses prefer it this way as they want to shorten the suffering. However, based on research, retrospectively people… Read More »Taking the Bandages Off
Wrong Expectations
A lot of people are unable to agree with their colleagues, provide honest feedback to their spouse or to solve even trivial issues by consensus. Why do we then expect that politics will be different? Or our managers will be… Read More »Wrong Expectations
Recommended Read: Alexei Navalny’s Prison Diaries
“In every period, the essence of politics has been that a tin-pot tsar who wants to arrogate to himself the right to personal, unaccountable power needs to intimidate the honest people who are not afraid of him.” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/10/21/alexei-navalny-patriot-memoir
Recommended Read: Build Systems, Not Heroes
“Processes work like tests in programming. When you find a bug, it’s not enough to just fix it because the same bug could appear next week when someone else makes changes to the code. To properly fix a bug, the… Read More »Recommended Read: Build Systems, Not Heroes