This is on the personal side of posts. I am approaching the age of 50. That’s in a few days. I am conscious on this planet for almost half a century now. As I was taking care of a few chores the other day, my mind wondered, and my brain was asked: If you were to die right now, would you have any regrets? Somewhat in surprise, I felt I ...

This is what I have always wanted to be. A creator. I am not a creator of tangible things. I like writing software. One can say software is tangible through the appliance it runs on. Yes, you could say that. In any case, that's who I want to be. Here's my new tagline: “Making games and apps, little stars ✨” The phrase little stars come...

I shared the following on LinkedIn: “When I complete a task, it’s not complete unless I send out a report about it. I found that a great communication technique in fully remote environments over the years.” and I got a question: “A report? You mean documentation or something simpler like a history? Can you elaborate?” Here's an example...

I love Elixir. I think I know why. And I am also attracted to Rust. I am not sure why. I guess it's time to learn. I started the Rust track on Exercism. Here's the first exercise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOWyJqKrJxg I am using the Zed editor. A lightning-fast, collaborative code editor written in Rust. Zed is being developed by...

In a fully remote company setting, there's the question of whether you leave the cadence of your one-on-ones (O3s) open for every team member to choose. Should it be weekly, biweekly, monthly, or Zeus-forbid longer than that? I have been struggling with that question myself for a long time. I know most managerial advice is to let the c...

We often find ourselves in a situation where we need to revert a deployment. It often just means reverting a merged PR on GitHub. When that happens, I hear "Revert, revert, revert..." constantly in my mind. I hear it in the voice of a Dalek from Dr. Who, repeating "Exterminate". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhEUBgu9j5Y

There's a campaign from Dove lately in Greece on how photo or video filters in social media influence people. I read that 80% of girls between the age of 10-17, would change their image using filters to look like their favorite influencers. I don't have a reference of the research I am afraid. And the campaign continues urging influenc...

There’s an expression: “Death by a thousand paper cuts.” One definition I have found refers to a slow, painful, demise caused by the cumulative damage of one too many seemingly minuscule problems. Likewise, your product may not have a massive bug or a huge drawback. But it may have a thousand small little tiny issues. Like when you add...

I often want to know what happened after that point. Did she live a happy life? Did she open her wings? Was she as strong as the ending narrative promised? Did she make the bumblebee striped stockings famous? What happened in Paris?

Ruby feels like a human. Ruby is readable. Ruby is Delphi. Ruby is Pascal. Ruby is AMOS Basic. Ruby is the Amiga. Ruby is beautiful. Ruby is simple. Ruby is Ruby.