One sentence at a time over the course of last ten months has led to 250 blog posts. To think that the ten months before that I wrote fourteen. Compound interest has to be one of the most fundamental concepts ever. I only used to think about it in terms…
Totally stole the idea for the title from Better Software Conference. They are live as I'm writing this and I've just watched a talk by Casey Muratori. It was fucking awesome. Around the same time I've come across his post on Semantic Compression which…
It's a recurring lesson that I seem to have to learn over and over again. Just because you try hard, success is only a possibility. Yet expectations have a way of creeping in. The reason to quit is always around the corner, to drop this lunacy of hitting…
There has been an itch to work on something as I have some time during my day now. Quite a lot of it in fact. As both my own product and contract projects are in a stable place and nothing major is planned soon. Also, I'm procrastinating reaching…
This was a tweet I read about a few weeks ago. It really got me thinking. Not sure what a "cracked dev" means exactly but I'm guessing it's got something do with competence. It's really true as well especially when it comes…
I've been reading The Courage to be disliked for a few months now. I love how the timing works, I found this book exactly when I needed it. A lot of the concepts in the book have been what I've come to realize during my meditations…
Just yesterday I truly understood the words, "Squandering", or "Untapped potential" means in the context of my own life. If I am completely honest with myself knew deep down that I can do a lot more, a lot better. Yet to understand why it matters, you…
Of all my fears this one is my favorite. It pushes me to be better. It's what makes me want to tackle harder problems, especially ones just beyond my reach. Just as I was typing this I've realized the best way for me to get better…