But I don’t know that any computing makes the world better, or even neutral. These days the planet is in…
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Is there a good computer job?
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You should quit
You came to me asking if you should quit. But you know the only reason you came to ask me…
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Congratulations on your fake promotion!
FROM: MANAGEMENT TO: YOUR INBOX SUBJECT: Congratulations on your fake promotion to Lead! Cherished employee, We’re so excited to offer…
Pruning
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Anxiety is not a clean burning fuel
I’m exploring how using anxiety as general purpose fuel for action is not a sustainable strategy. Anxiety is a feeling…
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Raise the money, then give it away: Reflections on a Giving Project
For six months in 2020-2021, I worked with a group of 20 people to raise over $180,000 and give it…
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2021 Year in Review
There were good times and a lot of bad times and really weird times. Sometimes, the bad times led to…
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Fetch the bolt cutters
CW: Mention of suicide My body, rather than my mind, made me stop working in the tech industry, and that…
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Testing a command inside a docker container (or getting an interactive session)
I’ve used Docker but know very few commands (my favorite command being “docker prune”, to clean up images on a…
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Prioritizing Technical Debt as if Time and Money Matters (talk notes)
Last month I attended some sessions of Philly ETE, and I took a bunch of notes from this talk and…