Short thoughts that are cross-posted to X (Twitter), Bluesky, Mastodon, LinkedIn and Threads.
I like this take on how to get promoted.
My experience has been that promotions come from finding and doing important work.
Being spoon-fed is fine for juniors but a negative signal for those seeking e.g. staff+ promotions.
https://andrew.grahamyooll.com/blog/Try-to-Take-My-Position/
I find myself referring too often to the “is it worth the time?” xkcd.
This works best when the person doing the automation is also the person saving the time.
It’s that time of year again to look at your calendar like Marie Kondo and ask:
“Does this (meeting) spark joy?”
If not: try to cancel or shorten it.
Would love it if people expressing strong opinions about open source declared what project(s) they’ve maintained and for how long. Would help weed out the uninformed.
Strongly agree with “The Move Faster Manifesto”. This matches my experiences at GitHub, Homebrew, Workbrew. You can also be fast and sustainable.
https://brianguthrie.com/p/the-move-faster-manifesto/
I agree with Sean here. The industry default seems to be “idealistic about engineering, cynical about management”. Things work better if you’re a little cynical about both.
https://www.seangoedecke.com/a-little-bit-cynical/
This analysis of Valve’s approach to hardware was really interesting. I have bought all their hardware and will likely buy all the new stuff and this helps explain why.
https://www.garbagecollected.dev/p/valve-the-reverse-apple
Using Docker for local development on macOS is like putting a shipping container in your garden instead of buying a cupboard from IKEA.
I’ve added “thoughts” to my website. If these work correctly, they will be cross-posted to various social networks. Thanks to Justin Searls’ POSSE Party for enabling this.