Archive - Wednesday Wisdom

Taming the monkey brain

You need to beat that monkey up and show it who's boss!

Jun 18 •

9:44

The unfortunate desire for certainty

Certainty is often a short-cut to the wrong answer

Jun 11 •

8:29

You can read this!

Thank yourself for learning English…

Jun 4 •

10:59

May 2025

Ramping up is hard to do

But a good plan helps…

May 28 •

9:47

The black box engineer

The future belongs to white box engineers

May 21 •

7:26

The swamp and the city

How huge projects fail hugely

May 14 •

11:31

Overcoming a slump

Strategies for getting things done when you are stuck…

May 7 •

10:06

April 2025

The gift of leaving

Change is valuable, because it lets the oppressed be tyrants...

Apr 30 •

9:52

The gift of time

The best decisions are typically not made with your nose to the grindstone…

Apr 23 •

11:22

Terrible Terraform

Infrastructure as Code is a software engineering problem

Apr 16 •

19:21

Pressure makes diamonds

Career advice: Be the dumbest person in the building…

Apr 9 •

12:38

Nobody escapes corporate gravity (part 3)

This week, the conclusion: The work changes.

Apr 2 •

12:19

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