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The Spark It’s the dawn of a new era, the age of Artificial Intelligence… or is it a new hype cycle, powered by the recent AI advancements? We’re deep into 2024, and I’m using a dozen AI tools, each with its own quirky API or user interface. I’m constantly logging in and out, testing alternatives, and switching between apps on my phone and laptop… sounds familiar? The mission was clear: wire up as…
The opinions expressed here are my own, do not reflect the views of my organization, and should not be be attributed to or associated with my organization in any manner. Maintainability Code, files, and other source artifacts are often labeled as either maintainable or not maintainable ; but maintainability usually refers to the entire project – including sources, project structure, modules,…
The opinions expressed here are my own, do not reflect the views of my organization, and should not be be attributed to or associated with my organization in any manner. The Cultural Aspects of Transparency Wait, what is “culture”? Culture represents the attitudes and behaviour characteristic of a particular social group. Wikipedia Sometimes culture can also be defined as the personality of the…
History ⏭️ Skip to the next section if you aren’t interested in the backstory. 🧠 Learning about data loss Back in about 2008, I started “this” blog as a Joomla website. Remember Joomla ? Heh. Those were good times! 😅 I hosted it on GoDaddy’s basic web hosting, set up Apache, PHP and MySQL myself and configured everything manually. Data transfer was done via FTP ( FileZilla !) and there was no…
The Time Management Series This post is just one part of my Time Management series. I really recommend you read the whole series if you have time, but I’ll do my best to make this part self-contained. Important disclaimers are also included there. Zero Inbox 🪦 Learning from Google’s Inbox Remember the Google Inbox app? Back in 2015, it was new, fresh, clean and bold… only to end up in Google’s…
The Time Management Series This post is just one part of my Time Management series. I really recommend you read the whole series if you have time, but I’ll do my best to make this part self-contained. Important disclaimers are also included there. A bullet-proof framework 🎯 About goals… More controversial opinions: ✅ There are a few things I consider when setting goals for myself and my…
The Time Management Series This post is just one part of my Time Management series. I really recommend you read the whole series if you have time, but I’ll do my best to make this part self-contained. Important disclaimers are also included there. The Black Hole Backlog Clickbait title: ✅ Controversial opinions: ✅ But let’s at least be on the same page: I define backlog here as a large collection…
The Time Management Series This post is just one part of my Time Management series. I really recommend you read the whole series if you have time, but I’ll do my best to make this part self-contained. Important disclaimers are also included there. Perfectly balanced, as all things should be… I feel like I changed a lot of things in the last 5 years with regards to how I organize my life – moving…
Times are tough I’m sorry to [have to] start this way, but times are tough and the internet is unforgiving even to the best of intentions. The opinions here are my own and not those of my organization. Don’t adhere to my framework and rules. No rule is the best rule, do what makes sense to you. I’m not giving you advice here, I write this for myself. Your situation is different, I accept that. I…
The motivation for this I used to code for 10 hours a day and it was effortless. Nowadays I don’t have time for that kind of effort anymore, and it’s not as effortless as it used to be. My new jobs are demanding in other ways, and I need a clear head to not go crazy. And that’s the thing… my programmer brain sometimes helps me, and sometimes it makes things worse. This document is an attempt to…