Technical debt of the soul
Either rushing ahead on whatever path seems to lie open, or painful, stubborn resistance; both of these behaviors are symptoms of a life with no self-control, no self-guidance. […]
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How to learn about a new database schema with hardly any guidance/documentation
So: A few weeks ago I was requested by my team lead to dive into a schema that had been set up to record florists’ psychic activity* in […]
More DetailsMaking sense of a new table of open data in your database
Let’s say we download a bunch of public domain data that we’re considering for use in a service we’re building. Like so much of the data grudgingly made […]
More DetailsModern political elections as trench warfare
Elections are like trench warfare between large powerful opponents. Heavily contested and lasting over many months, each side’s move is quickly countered, ending in stalemate and eventually a […]
More DetailsMicrosoft’s Remote Desktop Android app on a cheap Chromebook friendlier than RDP on Windows
For whatever reason, when using using Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Android app on my cheapo Chromebook to connect through the corporate firewall to my day-job computer, I experience significantly […]
More DetailsWindows update broke my printing (but my Chromebook saved my @$$)
About a year ago, after changing yet another swiftly-drained ink cartridge, I swore off HP forever and marched down to the store and got myself a Brother printer. […]
More DetailsThe time I freed myself (till the next time)
So it had been another jittery, monkey-minded day. I had dosed myself earlier on with some bread and cookies and it was now evening, and I was walking […]
More DetailsSolopreneur personality matrix
I have been thinking about personality traits that may be relevant to startup founders, and the two dimensions that keep coming to mind are, firstly, the extrovert/ introvert […]
More DetailsWars vs. pandemics – rhetoric and reality
At the beginning of the current coronavirus outbreak, and as the seriousness of the situation was beginning to sink into the awareness of decision-makers, one could hear speeches […]
More DetailsSurface Duo as possible supplemental laptop
Having followed the news regarding Microsoft’s upcoming Surface Duo device, I was wondering whether this is finally the device one can use instead of a laptop. It seems […]
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