It is a truth universally acknowledged that an engineering leader in possession of a team must be in want of head count. (Always and forever).
June 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
It is a truth universally acknowledged that an engineering leader in possession of a team must be in want of head count. (Always and forever).
Eurovision day. Estonia has my vote with ‘coffee for everyone’ ☕️
May 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Eurovision day. Estonia has my vote with ‘coffee for everyone’ ☕️
It’s that time of year when mysterious, expensive boxes show up at doorsteps. People share in hushed whispers where they located a particularly good supply. 🥭 season!
April 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It’s that time of year when mysterious, expensive boxes show up at doorsteps. People share in hushed whispers where they located a particularly good supply. 🥭 season!
Severance was interesting but I couldn’t stop thinking about all the ways Lumon was a poorly run org and it was very distracting. Where is the HR? Security - both physical and virtual? They have all this tech and a marching band but 0 opsec?
April 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Severance was interesting but I couldn’t stop thinking about all the ways Lumon was a poorly run org and it was very distracting. Where is the HR? Security - both physical and virtual? They have all this tech and a marching band but 0 opsec?
Underdiscussed in desi/non desi relationship discourse. The panic the pressure cooker causes for those who haven’t grown up with hearing the neighborhood ones all going off in unison.
March 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Underdiscussed in desi/non desi relationship discourse. The panic the pressure cooker causes for those who haven’t grown up with hearing the neighborhood ones all going off in unison.
Another post about the end of ZIRP, this time from a different angle - leadership careers www.uma.dev/tech-leaders...
Tech leadership post-ZIRP
When I think of what happened in tech as we went from ZIRP [1] to post-ZIRP, I often think of the kids' game of musical chairs. Everyone walks around a set of chairs while the music plays—and when it ...
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February 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Another post about the end of ZIRP, this time from a different angle - leadership careers www.uma.dev/tech-leaders...
Happy White Lotus Day to those who celebrate
February 17, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Happy White Lotus Day to those who celebrate
Introducing 11 yr old to Bollywood and so far she’s asking very reasonable questions that have no answers 😂
February 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Introducing 11 yr old to Bollywood and so far she’s asking very reasonable questions that have no answers 😂
Tween is trolling me these days by doing a terrible fake Indian accent and when I tell her off she says I’m insulting her genetics. I have to admire the game 🫠😂
February 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Tween is trolling me these days by doing a terrible fake Indian accent and when I tell her off she says I’m insulting her genetics. I have to admire the game 🫠😂
Such a nice project missionlocal.org/2025/02/publ... similar to your work @idothethinking.bsky.social
For years, a Sunset roller-skating engineer has built free benches
Since 2012, Chris Duderstadt has built about 210 public benches, mostly in Inner Sunset and across the city.
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February 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Such a nice project missionlocal.org/2025/02/publ... similar to your work @idothethinking.bsky.social
New resolution to publish more drafts before I'm entirely happy with them. Thoughts on the evolution of the dev tools space, post ZIRP. www.uma.dev/dev-tools-st...
Dev Tools startups post-ZIRP
As a middle manager at a high-growth startup in ~ 2018, I remember being told that, actually, yes, I should take charge of the negotiation of a multi-million dollar software contract that my team need...
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February 2, 2025 at 6:05 AM
New resolution to publish more drafts before I'm entirely happy with them. Thoughts on the evolution of the dev tools space, post ZIRP. www.uma.dev/dev-tools-st...
The article was such a refreshing read particularly when tech isn’t exactly a signing by example of the best of us
I really loved Dave Patterson’s article on his reflections on his 50 year career!!
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Life Lessons from the First Half-Century of My Career – Communications of the ACM
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January 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The article was such a refreshing read particularly when tech isn’t exactly a signing by example of the best of us
I might be getting a little addicted to a local buy nothing group and just letting things go that way. Scouting more things to give away to my family’s concern 😂
January 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I might be getting a little addicted to a local buy nothing group and just letting things go that way. Scouting more things to give away to my family’s concern 😂
With some rules you wonder what the case was that made people spell out a particular detail to prevent recurrences
January 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
With some rules you wonder what the case was that made people spell out a particular detail to prevent recurrences
Clearing out and publishing some blog post drafts before the year end www.uma.dev/time-at-rend...
Time at Render
I distinctly remember an 'oh no' moment during my first meeting at Render in December 2020. The entire company had gathered on Zoom to welcome me—all 14 of us, fitting neatly on a single screen. Rende...
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December 31, 2024 at 5:03 AM
Clearing out and publishing some blog post drafts before the year end www.uma.dev/time-at-rend...
Big fan of the Scandinavian tradition where gifts are opened Christmas Eve so Christmas morning is chill and slow.
December 25, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Big fan of the Scandinavian tradition where gifts are opened Christmas Eve so Christmas morning is chill and slow.
Delighted to discover that some wrapping paper comes with a grid! Has this always existed? Just when you think you can’t innovate on something as basic as wrapping paper! Also supposed to be recyclable which has been a reason I haven’t bought it in a while.
December 24, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Delighted to discover that some wrapping paper comes with a grid! Has this always existed? Just when you think you can’t innovate on something as basic as wrapping paper! Also supposed to be recyclable which has been a reason I haven’t bought it in a while.
Starting AdventofCode and hoping to do it all this year vs previous attempts.
December 2, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Starting AdventofCode and hoping to do it all this year vs previous attempts.
Has there been a better show with a worse season finale then season 2 of ‘the diplomat’? Massively disappointing end.
November 27, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Has there been a better show with a worse season finale then season 2 of ‘the diplomat’? Massively disappointing end.
There is a new season of ‘home for Christmas’ coming to Netflix! Feels like we need it desperately!
November 20, 2024 at 6:22 AM
There is a new season of ‘home for Christmas’ coming to Netflix! Feels like we need it desperately!