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interesting, how often do you drink it?

so glad the company that pays for my treatments can be "a check on providers" for me… /s

Yes, exactly -- the fixation on "metrics-driven development" created perverse incentives (i.e. cobra effect). People would ship bugs and broken shit because it'd bump engagement, l…

i worked at a FAANG co and managed to make it 3 years focusing on solving problems that widely bothered users. there were several instances where i had to -fight- to ship critical …

I think his original statement is still correct -- Threads only requests device permissions for notifications, it isn't collecting "location, health data, or financial data" from y…

from my experience, acquiring the self-awareness you need in order to articulate this problem is the biggest hurdle to solving it -- you're on your way! early in my career, i share…

agreed, the introduction of safe zones ruined what made the game special. while the old way was brutal and could be outright toxic to new players, the pure lawlessness and unpredic…

+1 for another CS student jump-started by UO :D

as i recall, they devised their own scripting language, and they relied solely on flatfiles to track world-state… then every day at a given time, each server would have an off-hour…

best system design interview advice i got (and put to successful use in loops with goog and fb) was to not try to give the "right" answer -- it's like a professor grading papers on…

"I am looking for explanations that will help me build a conceptual understanding of macos UI development." it depends on your learning style of course, but if you like lecture / c…

i agree that this is delusional and i see it repeated a lot -- homelessness isn't just a byproduct of a lack of housing or a lack of affordable housing. i remember having a convers…

i’ve done ios dev professionally since ios 5. pros: there is no shortage of roles, my experience has been (especially now) that skilled ios devs are always in demand. it’s fun to w…

there is an essay on this (available as a book) by sam harris that i really enjoyed; it changed my perspective on lying/the truth. since, i have decided to abandon even "white lies…

i really enjoy this motto, personally; especially since i have taken up the hobby of handtool woodworking for the last few years. i decided that i would invest time in learning to …

i don't bother at this point. my wife loves prime and uses it for small things we need right away, but i would never make a major purchase through amazon these days. there's no gua…

this^. it took a lot of intentional practice for me to shake the fear of looking dumb when in front of peers. however, i've since realized that pretty consistently the people who s…

great advice, and i would even generalize this to suggest that you should toss any fasteners that come bundled with low cost products (obviously there are exceptions with specialty…

i had the really good fortune of starting series B (coincidentally weeks before there was a C round) at a unicorn startup. at the time i was overly-optimistic about its outlook and…

Life kept throwing various curve balls at me: I got married, had a daughter, lost a loved one after a prolonged battle, underwent major health issues, battled COVID… ^this made me …

fury road is a masterpiece. 0 exposition or intro, just drops you right in to non-stop madness. might be my favorite movie now

What is your source for the claim that Amazon - PillPack employees commonly accessed prescription info "for fun?" I worked at PillPack for over 3 years, and while I haven't been th…

i do this but would never reply with just a question mark (i'd politely decline or ask for additional context in order for me to attend). if i have no context for a meeting invite …

i think it's awesome that you solved a problem yourself and learned something new. to me, it makes sense that you built a native android app given the use-case you're describing --…