Scala is on the go, watch live at youtu.be/HAJGl3nu1ZI

The best little blog post I’ve read, maybe ever humanparts.medium.com/you-are-not-ok…

Notified today that my insulin pump controller has a bug where the leading decimal point will be dropped, ie: changing a dose of .21 units to 21 units. I can reproduce randomly ~1 in 5 times so probably a race condition. Easily one of the worst software bugs I have ever heard of.

When you treat others poorly it doesn't degrade them, it degrades you.

The only people who never feel like impostors are narcissists. Being 100% sure of yourself at all times betrays arrogance and breeds complacency. Questioning yourself reflects humility and propels growth. Pangs of doubt are a normal, healthy human response to new challenges.

I am very saddened by this news. Niklaus got me into CS since I became fascinated by the beauty of his language designs and compiler architectures. And later he became the guiding mentor for my doctoral studies at ETH.

Sometimes success is going to bed on time. Sometimes success is going to the gym because you told yourself you would. Sometimes success is being kind even when someone doesn’t deserve it. Sometimes success is forgiving yourself for your mistakes. Sometimes success is being

It's easier to get a smart person to do something hard than to get them to do something easy that doesn't matter.

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.

Charlie Munger did life right. Here are the 10 best Mungerisms from the architect of Berkshire of Hathaway.

This special one is for all the fallen seniors. Gone but not forgotten

So necessary in this day and age: a thoughtful and balanced opinion and also a call for accepting responsibility.

An artist's work is never done 🤫

I'm not a robot 🤖

Very nice blog post based on a theory of the computer scientist Peter Naur - resonates a lot with me. Programming is about building a theory, the code is an artifact. Junior developers reflexively accepting LLM-generated code don’t go through the mental struggle of building the

This! I've been puzzled for a long time by management who shuffles teams around from project to project without considering that the code is just the tip of the iceberg. In many places this is going to get aggravated by LLMs.

Life is difficult. People are obnoxious. Stuff is going to piss you off. But can you keep your cool anyway? Can you stay good when surrounded by bad, kind when surrounded by cruelty? Can you keep your eyes on the prize? Our job is not to lose our temper. Our job is to stay