Engineer-centrism
It can be pretty easy for software engineers to get a big head these days. The unique combination of: * Communication, enabled by technology, becoming even more important during a global pandemic; * The most valuable and...
The Ceiling and the Floor
I've been mulling over a mental model the past couple of years, expanding on the notion of setting and hitting a singular goal: the idea of optimizing for the ceiling and the floor....
Impressions of the Remarkable 2 Tablet
A year or so ago, I transitioned some of my notetaking to simple pen and paper, on the idea that it's an inherently less distracting medium, and that writing stuff down by hand...
Review: If You Want to Write
Off of the glowing recommendation in Wise Guy that this is the book to read if you aspire to be an author, I took a quick read of Brenda Ueland's most famous publication...
How Much Engineering Side Projects Help with Engineering Careers
Professional software engineers sometimes have side projects. One of the uniquely empowering aspects of writing software for a living is that you can build software yourself, in your own spare time and at extremely low...
Basking in their First Finished Game
The game was Pikuniku. It's a pretty silly indie game. The art style is simple to the point where it feels like it was drawn by kindergarteners; the gameplay is loose and forgiving;...