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When to Satisfice (And When Not To)
This is a followup to my earlier post on How to Make Fewer Decisions. You may want to read that one first, although it’s not strictly necessary. In…
Aug 13, 2023
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October 2022
Equality Testing and the Halting Problem
It’s well-known that in programming, testing equality of floating point numbers is problematic. So, for example: // ok bool areEqual(int a, int b) …
Oct 18, 2022
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Fitch's Paradox of Knowability
This article will be a bit more philosophical than my usual content. However I think that sometimes we can really benefit from thinking about things at…
Oct 1, 2022
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September 2022
How to Make Fewer Decisions
We all have to make many decisions in life. It can feel overwhelming when you have to make a lot of them (whether or not “decision fatigue” is a real…
Sep 17, 2022
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The Power of Upstream Thinking
When we are presented with a problem it’s natural to focus on solving it immediately. If your sink is overflowing, you call a plumber to fix it. If you…
Sep 3, 2022
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August 2022
Are Promotion-Oriented Cultures Really That Bad?
I recently read a blog post by Zach Loyd that describes some of the problems inherent in Google’s promotion-oriented culture. To summarize: Hard to…
Aug 20, 2022
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All The Small Things
In his biography of John D. Rockefeller, Ron Chernow wrote: Rockefeller was relentless in ferreting out ways to cut costs. During an inspection tour of…
Aug 6, 2022
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July 2022
Isolating Dependencies
Improve long-term maintenance of code with this one trick
Jul 23, 2022
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Startup Equity is a Scam (And That's Okay)
Welcome to Catching the Biggest Fish. I have 10+ years experience in software engineering at a variety of companies from “Big N" to startups. I write a…
Jul 9, 2022
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June 2022
Monopolies of Knowledge
Information Asymmetry (Part 3)
Jun 25, 2022
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Vulnerability During Transition
A general strategy for making changes with less disruption
Jun 11, 2022
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Planning is For Doing
Welcome from Hacker News! I have 10+ years experience in software engineering at a variety of companies from “Big N" to startups. I write a weekly blog…
Jun 4, 2022
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