"Skill issue, skill issue." Daddy. My daughter usually talks that way. It is a fantastic way to reframe. Everything is nailing down to skill issues. And you can train to gain skills. It is trainable and doable. Not everyone can be an expert or very good at a skill. However, anyone can make progress, can gain a certain level. It should ...

I started to think of what we monitor. When talking about finance, most people know their income and balance. They know proximately how much they own cash, materials, houses, cars, ... The output part of finance. How about other important areas of life? Being alive and healthy, for example. What are the "outputs" that we should monitor...

When I finished one year alcohol free, I was expecting that I could enjoy a few drinks in parties. And that I could control myself to a reasonable limit. I was wrong. Failed miserably. Back to drinking in March, I said yes to all parties; some drank a few; and last night drank out of control. In fact, I completely forgot that I should ...

Thoughts appear in our head naturally. We observe. We judge. We advice. It happens. Trying to control it brings frustration. Judging ourselves after that brings more frustration. "STOP!" sign. Just like the Stop sign on the road. We are driving; then we see the Stop sign from a far enough distance. Then we adjust the speed or whatever ...

You are NOT what you say you are. You are: How you stand and walk How you run How you write your messages in communicating with others How you write your code in programming and how you write your comments in the code ... Those are signals you sent to the world and your surroundings. People will catch those signals and form opinion or ...

I saw a common pattern in running communities that I got a chance to see. There are many runners with tapes around their knees. They have knee issues. Therefore, the suggestion is to use tape (whatever the products) to stabilize them. And they can run. Similar approach seen in other domains. Office workers have problems with their back...

Why run with minimal shoes or sandals when there are cushion shoes? Depending on the goal. For me, it is about being strong and healthy as long as possible. I want to be able to run marathons when I am sixty or seventy or more. Maybe we asked the wrong question. A better one might be "Why do we run?" Running becomes a practice to build...

I stop telling people what they should do. I tried for many years. There were some gains. And in general, it seems a good thing to help people. I missed the point that it was mostly my personal perspective, personal expectations. I was expecting people behaving in certain ways. I was not aware of that fact. Everyone is doing perfectly ...

March 1, 2024 Do not drink alcohol. Do not drink alcohol. No matter what happened and what will happen. I own them all. Two decades of poisoning myself, take at least one year to reset biochemistry, physiology. How to alcohol-free? Don’t drink. A small amount to have fun, to taste life, ... except it consumes me. I was lying to myself....

There are only two paths to make us miserable: One is to try to please everyone. The other is to expect everyone to behave our way. The rest is paths to a good life.

Is it a problem? Or did you imagine the situation? Developers struggle to find solutions for a "problem." However, it is not a problem. In many cases, they are imagined situations. Like, "what if there are 1.000 records?" There are no solutions for them because they are not problems per say. When designing systems, we need to consider ...

Here is my full conversation with Grok. I was shocked. Me: Why do you exist? I’m Grok, created by xAI. My purpose is to assist and provide helpful answers to your questions, often with a dash of outside perspective on humanity. I’m here to help you understand the world, the universe, and maybe even yourself a little better. xAI built m...

My setup before going to bed. The idea is very simple. I want to be stronger and pullup is one of practice to get there. The problem is that it is bizarre to start a pullup training session. And that usually takes mental effort to put the bar on and starts pulling. I had it many times. Every morning after waking up, I go to the bathroo...

Evidences serve great purposes. However, around the web and surroundings, there are requests for "do you have evidences for XYZ?" People request us to "prove." Most likely they want us to show something to debate, to argue, to make their point. I do not know. We started to lost the ability to "feel", to develop our sensory systems. We ...

Completed 29 days out of 31. One missing day was my marathon day and the next day was travelling. A mixed of two hands and one hand swing with 20kg kettlebells; there are 4 sessions of 24kg. Trained mostly in the afternoon or evening. Sometimes, I trained after dinner. It must be done regardless. No excuse! The result was amazing, the ...

I started my journal with two pages every morning. Some days were in the afternoon or evening. But every day! Anything goes. Just keep the pen moving. It takes around 10-12 minutes for two A5 pages. I jotted down my training in a book. Wrote down every set for my S&S January practice. Since January 2025, I have trained almost twice a d...

Time: 4h 49 minutes. Gear: Luna Sandals Ran well for 37km. The last 5km managed the calves cramp with walking and jogging. Running technique was good. The feet were stable, no injuries, no callouts. Cool down the body and feet with water. No worry of wet shoes. Moving from the hips. For the last month since Techcom Bank marathon, train...

I stopped the habit of setting goals for new year. I believe that it does not work for me. Most likely, I lied to myself. However, I do have some kind of plan and goal. It sounds like a theme. I want to be stronger and faster. I want to write better. There are no numbers to hit. No Goal. No Measurable. Instead, I train everyday. I writ...

When the calendar moves to 2025, what does it mean to you? I have seen many reviewed the last year and set goals for the new year. The emotion is high. And it happens every year. Did we have the courage to review the year honestly? Did we have courage to write what we fucked up? I hope many will. I did not, unfortunately. I lied about ...

I ran for 5 hours 38 minutes. For the first 28km, I ran well with pace around 6 minutes/km. Starting km29, my calves camped both legs, especially the right calf. Since then I managed to walk and run whenever possible. Breathing: Good. I breathed mostly by noses. Hydration and Salt: Good. Took 10 salt capsules in total. Drank water at t...

There are a half dozen fundamentals for everything. Find them. Practice them consistently. I apply it in Life, Health, and Software Development (my professional). It is a journey. Stay away from shining things. Fad is nice but useless.

I discussed with my coworkers about team building practices in the context of a company. Slogans such as: "We are one." "We are family." I do not believe in any of them. A team is a group of people connecting together at a period of time and doing some specific tasks. It usually lasts a few months or years. Then we join another team. R...

I have been in software development for nearly two decades. And for the past three years, I have worked on my physical training. The longer I do, the more I find similarities. In software, there are patterns: design patterns, architectural patterns, SOLID principles, etc. In physical training, for example running, there are "training p...

I once complained about many things. I had talked with people I know or barely know. They complained about things that they did not like and did not want to receive. Yet, they took and accepted the good parts without ever saying a word. Recently, I understood and embraced the hard truth: Life gives you packages. You get them as a whole...

I started to feel the superpower of saying "No." I am alcohol-free for 8 months. For the first few weeks or months, I was struggling with saying No from the inside. I felt uncomfortable. I wanted to say yes. People asked me to drink with them for good. They wanted to have good time with me. So did I. Recently, the feeling has shifted. ...

Walk. Sit down. Stand up. When we cannot walk, everything starts to decline. Look at the elder. Compare the one who can walk and who cannot. Sit down and stand up performing poorly is the receipt of other disasters: back pain, knee pain, etc. It is a vicious circle. Walk as much as you can. Pay attention to sit down and stand up. Squat...

I had been using Grammarly for a while with its super free plan. A few years ago, I decided to upgrade the premium plan to improve my writing skill. Everything started well for the first few months. Soon enough, it became my assistant. I am the Master. Once becoming a master, the learning stopped without a warning. My initial plan was ...

"I got obesity. I got blood pressure. I got blood marker unbalanced." And so on. Occasionally, we hear people telling those stories while they are on treatment or better on improving them, for example, by regular running for the last few months or have been running for a few years. Those are inspiring stories. And sometimes, sad storie...

A pattern I realized recently. In the evening or the daytime, I thought of my next morning run. I felt strong. I envisioned that I would run 5KM, 10KM, ... I felt confident and kind of proud of myself. Until the morning came, starting to run was hard. The first km was terrible. All the "power", "confident" from last night disappeared. ...

Let's examine why some "seems too good" things do not work. The idea is to take a different view. Most of the time, we look at the good side of stuff. People write about them everywhere. They work wonderfully for some. Agile, especially the Scrum Master role. Microservices Team building activities in companies TDD, Clean Code, ... ... ...