Would you like a cup of tea?
(Or coffee? Or beer? Or fries with that?) … is a good test case for thinking about your personal decision making. It has all the… Read More »Would you like a cup of tea?
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Black boxes
It can be helpful to think of your project or organisation as a black box – not a flight data recorder, but as something that… Read More »Black boxes
Lost Worlds
Listening to Suo Gân evokes a nostalgia for 1930s Shanghai* almost as strong as the nostalgia I feel for the 1980s Hong Kong of my… Read More »Lost Worlds
OpenAI Codex; or, why you might not want to go all in on becoming a full-stack developer
It makes sense that one of the jobs most amenable to automation by AI must be computer programming itself. For all their complicated (as opposed… Read More »OpenAI Codex; or, why you might not want to go all in on becoming a full-stack developer
On information and time, and what we know for certain
Information gets more interesting when you look at it over time: A series of photos of a place or people over time tells a story;… Read More »On information and time, and what we know for certain
Working your hours
You need to put the time in. If you don’t work the hours you’ve committed to your project, it will stall or die. But if… Read More »Working your hours
HamsterTach: DIY hamster wheel tachometer, uploads data to Google Sheets
Update 2024-01: It seems that webhooks are no longer included in the free tier of IFTT. It should still be possible to use them in… Read More »HamsterTach: DIY hamster wheel tachometer, uploads data to Google Sheets
For those who came in late…
Almost everyone will come in late. It might be best to begin on time, and to close the doors when you do.** It might be… Read More »For those who came in late…
A flourishing city: a few questions
A question from my run through Jakarta today: what makes a flourishing city? Here are some questions I’d ask to find the answer: Is it… Read More »A flourishing city: a few questions
The mother of skill
They say that repetition is the mother of skill, and I think they’re right. The first time, you might be lucky. You might muddle through… Read More »The mother of skill