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Photo of a statue of a see-saw installed in a park. The riders' sizes are comically different.
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Have More Impact by Doing the Right Work

Writing code—no matter how much, how fast, or how challenging—is not the same thing as having impact on a business. As engineers, we're rarely taught how to think about and describe the work we do in terms of its impact or effects. We're left
27 Jan 2025 5 min read
2011

2011 Goals

I haven’t made a New Year’s Resolution in years. They’re arbitrary, often unmeasurable, and usually people make it 1-12 weeks and give up. Kind of depressing. But, recently I’ve realized how beneficial goal-setting can be. The key is to accept and understand failure, and learn from
02 Jan 2011 1 min read
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