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"The secret to optimization is changing the problem to make it easier to optimize." – John Carmack
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you can outsource your thinking
but you cannot outsource your understanding
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Instead of aiming to go faster with ignorance, desire to gain steady, sustainable speed with competency.
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When I hear someone say "AI is like a senior developer" all I can think of is you and I have a very different defintion of the "senior developer".
It will help to learn to leverage the tools and spare the comparisons to humans' experience or capabilities.
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The behaviors you promote set expectations.
The behaviors you ignore set the culture.
#Leadership #Excellence
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Building Ikea furniture this weekend reminded me of two challenging life facts:
* If it's not aligned, more force won't help.
* If it's aligned, more force won't help.
Take that, #996.
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From one of the people I trust most on LLMs - a clear explanation of a common and very dangerous security threat
simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/1…
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The journey from starting as a novice to being an expert includes trips from being shy to becoming shameless in asking questions.
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Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures. - W. Edwards Deming
#metrics
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The more you commit to up front, the more misinformed your solution.
#KnowTheProblemYouAreSolving #CreateSimpleThingsInSmallSteps #ValidateBeforeDuringAndAfter
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"It's in the doing of the work that we discover the work we must do." @WoodyZuill
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Release frequency is an indicator of your team's ability to adapt, learn, and deliver value.
#ReleaseRidiculouslyOften
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In software, planning and building are not separate activities. They happen concurrently. Any metaphor that assumes that planning and building _are_ separable is flawed, IMO.
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An experiment either confirms your assertions or clarifies your understanding—either way you come out winning.
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A clear understanding of the problem is the foundation for effective solutions. If you can't describe the problem in one succinct line, you're likely trying to solve more than one problem.
#SoftwareDevelopment #KnowTheProblemYouAreSolving










