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Don't Ask What the Problem Is, Ask What the Situation Is
It’s common in product and engineering circles to constantly ask people “what problem are you solving?
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Org-Roam-Ui Helps You Peer Into Your Brain
The org-roam-ui is a visualization and exploration companion to org-roam. The force-directed graph of notes (nodes) and links (edges) shows how concepts fit together and relate.
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Game Theory
This note does not have a description yet. Links to this note Kelly Criterion
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Engineering Management
This note does not have a description yet. Links to this note Taste Is the Refined Sense of Judgment and Finding Balance That Produces a Pleasing and Integrated Whole
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Wealth-Creation Mechanisms Are Simple
The list of ways wealth is created is remarkably short.
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Remote Jobs Rose to Nearly 15 Percent of All High-Paying Job Listings
An analysis by Ladders found that the percentage of high-paying job listings ($80,000+) in the US and Canada that were remote increased from 3.
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Product-Led Growth
This note does not have a description yet. Links to this note Get Started With Growth Marketing
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Collaborate at the Contractual Boundaries
A team of engineers working together on the same project should divide up their work at the contractual boundaries.
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4.3 Million People Quit Their Job in August 2021
The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that 4.3 MM Americans quit their jobs in August 2021, up from 4MM in July.
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COVID-19 Infection Reduces Grey Matter Thickness in Parts of the Brain
A preliminary study of brain imaging taken of before COVID-19 infection and after showed a reduced amount of gray matter thickness in the frontal and temporal lobes.
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Nazi Bar Theory
The way to prevent a bar from turning into a Nazi bar is by nipping it in the bud.
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The Rate of Depressive Symptoms in US Adults Quadrupled During the Pandemic
A study found that US adults experienced significantly more depressive symptoms in 2021 (32.
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Tech Company Valuations Are Growing Faster Than Headcount
A recent analysis from Crunchbase looked at venture-backed tech companies that went public in the last 8 months found the value increased from $1-4MM per employee to $10+MM per employee.
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Below the Mendoza Line
When something is below average to an unacceptable amount. In baseball, the Mendoza line is hitting .
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Linting Prose in Emacs
There are a few ways to get linting of prose (grammar and style, not just spellcheck) in Emacs.
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Do the Hard Work, but Remove the Struggle
I tend to work hard and take my work seriously. When things aren’t working exactly as planned, I take it personally.
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Tech Stocks Go Down When 10-Year Treasury Bond Yields Go Up
The 10-year treasury bond is a benchmark for investors and recently signals the end of Fed stimulus efforts.
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Setting Up TypeScript and Eslint With Eglot
Using TypeScript with eglot in Emacs is fiddly to set up.
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Removal of a Weak Tie Does More Damage to Diffusion Than a Strong Tie
The removal of the average weak tie does more damage than the removal of the average strong tie when it comes to diffusion of information in a social network.
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Lockfiles Let You Deal With Breaking Changes on Your Own Terms
Most package managers have some form of a lockfile which freezes the exact version of a installed libraries.
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Mechanical Keyboards Are the Fountain Pen of Typing
Typing on a mechanical keyboard is like writing with a fountain pen.
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Wokeism Will Americanize the Global Progressive Class
Wokeism is a cultural export. Nearly every country now has a woke movement that seeks to right a wrong, argues that people should be sensitive to it, and purge wrongdoers.
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Minimum Viable Testing
Rather than spend months building an MVP, which might not work, you can test a startup idea incrementally.
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APIs Are Default Closed
Public APIs are default closed due to security and abuse concerns.