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Partially licensing, but also tokens + efficiency. As noted above, the book is written for humans (anecdotes, examples, etc.). Robots just need the facts and can extrapolate. If I …

This was my first "real" MCP server (previously I made an MCP server to control a Furby for GitHub Universe) and I learned a lot. A few things I learned (not an expert): * Tool vs.…

> the book's website and blog appear interesting, the author can write I'll take the compliment! README was 100% intended for robots, not humans (book is 100% for humans, FWIW). I'…

Fixed rubric. It works on regex matching across interpersonal tension, active incident, sensitivity, and ambiguity. If a pattern matches, it weights sync over async.

More than a decade ago, I adopted the self-imposed rule, if I answer a question more than once, the third time I need to be able to answer with a URL. Today, I published one very l…

Please don't send meeting invites without an agenda. Imagine getting a calendar invite that just says "Quick sync" with zero context… and having no idea what it's about.

TL;DR: When working as a distributed team, be mindful of cultural differences, time zones, encouraging breaks between meetings, and connecting as humans.

TL;DR: When authoring a pull request, use the body as an opportunity to document the proposed change, especially the “why”, and cross link any related issues or other PRs to create…

Default to transferring context asynchronously. Hold colleagues accountable for being async first. If you receive a meeting invite without context, an agenda, or a read-ahead doc, …

PiHole is what first introduced me to the DNS sinkholing concept and was more mature when I was first researching options. AdGuard home has come a long way since then and I’m plann…

> A lack of knowledge hoarding, healthier knowledge transfer and decision making, and reduced waste. Author here, +100 to this. The role of the PM should be to drive consensus arou…

When you request an archive of your data, we send the download link to your primary email address (the required token is not available via the web UI). Once you click that link, yo…

Did I miss something? Is there not a way to use 1Password 7 without it automatically uploading your 1Password 6 vault to their cloud as part of the setup flow (as it did for me)? U…