A key to steady progress is prioritizing goals over moods. Whether you aim to get in shape, learn the guitar, or write a book, the question is not whether you feel like it today. It's who you want to become tomorrow. Enthusiasm fluctuates. Consistent action accumulates.

I have learned over the years that the best way to solve hard problems is avoid them. If you are struggling to find an answer then its time to back up and examine why you are looking for one. Often times a small adjustment to an upstream workflow can eliminate the need for a fix.

2 million year old Basalt Canyon in Iceland, a remnant of the ice age

Lighten up. Relax. Whatever it is, you’re probably taking it too seriously.

Narcissistic leaders are threatened by talent. They want to be the smartest person in the room. Humble leaders are drawn to talent. They surround themselves with people who make them smarter. Great leaders grow talent. They strive to make everyone in the room smarter.

Just move fast 90% of your planning, prevaricating, debating, analyzing, and project managing could be avoided if you moved faster. Instead of ordering priorities A B C like you're arranging the carriages for the royal wedding, just do all of them Just move fast

To remember what you learn, don't just review it. Read it out loud. You're more likely to retain what you say than what you hear or read silently. Actively producing words in your own voice makes them stick. Our best recall is for the information we reconstruct ourselves.

Went to school in Greece and faced the πανελλαδικές (national exams) to enter university. They told us our future depended on them, but found it to not be so true after all. They might help you in your path, they might not. Don't let the anxiety get to you.

If you feel burnt out but won't take a break for yourself, then do it for the people you work with. No one wants MORE; they want BETTER. You can't produce quality of any kind if you're exhausted. Relax.

Burn the noise & build something useful today, however incremental. Inside or out. That’s my wish for everyone.

So much of success boils down to: - Not skipping important meetings/discussions; listening to what is said - Reading email/Slack/docs thoughtfully; responding in a reasonable timeframe to important correspondence - Following up on important TODOs

What a milestone! We are happy and proud to announce the Apache Kafka 4.0.0 release! It’s the first release without Zookeeper, and so many other core improvements like the new consumer group rebalance protocol (GA) and Queues for Kafka (EA) to just mention a few… \1

I just shared a new post: “Reimagining design workflows: My journey into AI-first design” How AI tools are changing the way I design, helping me move faster, think better, and collaborate smarter. medium.com/p/reimagining-…

Folks it's 2026 nobody gives a shit about how exciting your internal AI efficiency initiatives are anymore. You should still do them... but I'm not going to buy your product or invest in your company because of how excited your team is to vibe code some internal tools.

1. I do what I believe will be a good challenge and exciting for me and then I talk about it. 2. About AI: I am building my own AI coding tool that is attempting to accent someone who codes and makes that process better/faster/more proficient. I have always been about the

Update post for my imminent b-day: steve-yegge.medium.com/steveys-birthd… Shit is basically happening so fast that I have to post a gigantic goddamn post every week just to catch you up. So, enjoy.

IntelliJ IDEA Documentary is now live. 📷 How did an IDE created by a small team become a tool used by millions of developers worldwide? And how is it adapting to the age of AI? Together with Cult.Repo we tell the 25-year story of IntelliJ IDEA. youtu.be/Kourq_Lz03U