You’ll break stuff (at any speed)
I hate the “Move fast and break things” expression and believe it has done a lot of a harm to the tech world. That’s not how we should build companies, and...
Skills to Practice
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Building is not enough
To get better at building things, build things more often. But that practice on its own won’t help you build things people love. For that you need to make sure...
Half Right
Half right is the most dangerous place to be when it comes to anything involving technology. I think about this every time I see something cobbled together in a weekend...
Food before thought
It’s time to stop pretending that “normal life” exists in a world that’s burning. The amount of focus and energy required by any sort of skilled labor is higher than...
Feedback Loops and Hofstadter’s Law
“Hofstadter’s Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law.” This statement from the author of Gödel, Escher, Bach is one of those things...
S2P::WP::0x000
“This is a waypoint entry, which includes a progress report along with some personal notes on what I’ve been up to in my work on building Skills to Practice.” Work on...