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I’ve probably listened to this band more than any other. I was born and raised in Los Angeles and grew up on it along with similar bands. I actually ran into Fat Mike totally rando…

I study for an hour every morning on a subject I enjoy right after I finish my first cup of coffee - right now I’m learning Japanese but I’ve done other things like building apps o…

It matters at a certain level that most don’t reach. I used to play pool a long time ago and there was one player that was far and away the best in the billiard hall. He would alwa…

“An inside look at the dizzying rollercoaster ridden over recent years by prodigy Iddo Gino and his unicorn Rapid, which he founded at the tender age of 17.”

The inconvenient truth is that the business exists not to provide engineers with work they’re happy with or proud of but to make investors money. The good news is developer happine…

I work in one of those environments and we do have those people (lawyers). The next question is how should we prioritize solving for potential legal risk vs reliability risk vs new…

I agree with the point you’re making. I wonder if there’s a disconnect here based on the size and complexity of some of the businesses different commenters are working in.

I wonder what the author might suggest as an appropriate ratio of PMs to engineers might be. I generally like 1 per 10 person team. I also like the idea of not having a separate pr…

There’s no doubt that smart watches offer way more functionality than a mechanical watch which is appealing to most consumers. However, what you’re buying with mechanical watches i…

Confusing article. “We should get rid of the PM role” but also “We still need people dedicated to do PM things… but don’t call them PMs, they’re just everyday great people.” I feel…

This is the essence of it. It would be interesting if someone smarter than me put this through ChatGPT. I wonder how it might message it better.

I’ve noticed Stripe communicates their 90 day uptime on their status page but I’m curious if any Stripe users know how this manifests in actual SLA language. Is 99.99+ committed to…

i get the joke but reminds me of a good talk where some googlers got a little upset when gary taubes started going into the problems with CICO thinking. https://www.youtube.com/wat…

Models are just applied statistics?

I agree that's not what is meant by 'data' in the industry and I'm challenging that a little bit. However, even if we use the industry definition, what you're saying is hyperbole. …

I won’t belabor the point because others have already made it: this article assumes there is some way to sort through good and bad arguments in the absence of data - a pretty big l…

Originally owned by a “core” surfer, Bob Hurley, but was later sold to Nike. They still got a pass with some surfers because they made decent wetsuits and sponsored top surfers. Ni…

For the record, O’Neill still makes great wetsuits.

i started just a few years ago in my mid-30s. i'm proficient: i can paddle and catch my own waves, go up and down "the line", i can stay out of the way (very important :) do turns,…

yeah, that could be it. i've been surfing for just a few years but surf a few times a week. if anyone is actually curious about mechanically how to surf, youtube took me here, it's…

i dont understand how he's surfed for so long and can still be so early in learning the fundamentals. the biggest variable is time in the water. w/ 20+ years he should be... better…

Would be curious to know what the wealth level is at for the different percentiles mentioned. e.g. 50% 90% 99% 99.9%. I can't find anything recent.

i wonder how much of the feeling is being outside vs just getting exercise.

Would be cool if they could quantity the gains in productivity - eg before we put in the static analysis we had x level of software defects, following these improvements we saw a d…