Never regret a day in your life; good days give happiness, bad days give experiences, worst days give lessons, and best days give memories.

Focus is the key.

Be humble. Be teachable. The universe is bigger than your view of the universe. There's always room for a new idea.

1. Read and write more. 2. Don't hesitate to admit when you're wrong. 3. Be comfortable changing your opinion. 4. Find a mentor. 5. Stay teachable. 6. Make mistakes and learn. 7. Don't get offended easily. 8. Ask questions. 9. Spend time with nature. 10. Stay humble.

Trying to make our failing processes work by “doing them better” just leads to more process. It’s like quicksand — the harder you try to move, the more stuck you get. I fall prey to this trap as much as anyone. buff.ly/3R567Dr

The most powerful tool of your mind is not its capacity to know, but its ability to question.

A function should be nameable, insulated, homogenous, and contextual. Nameable: The name should describe what the function does at a level just above the code itself. The name must be clear, evocative, and convenient in proportion to how often it is used. Insulated: A

The ultimate test of your knowledge is your ability to convey it to another.

The pleasure of finding things out is the most important kind of happiness that you can have.

Predictability is valuable to the business, but estimates do not give you predictability. What does is a smooth product-development flow, and to get that you need things like measured throughput and cycle time. Those metrics are not estimates. They come from measuring the work as

"'Build, so you can learn' vs 'learn, so you can build" nicely summarizes the two approaches to software development. I do the former exclusively. Up-front discovery is almost always a waste of time. The first time you release is the first time you really understand what works

You’re not learning if you’re not confused half the time.

You need to be free of the work you’ve been doing before you start a new job. Achieve this first. buff.ly/4gt6L8K

To develop working ideas efficiently, I try to fail as fast as I can.

You don’t measure knowledge by how much you know, but by how much more you’re willing to learn.

I don't know what's the matter with people: they don't learn by understanding, they learn by some other way — by rote or something. Their knowledge is so fragile!

Train your mind to think, doubt, and question. Don’t worry about what others think of you. 🧠

What matters is not how much you know, but how deeply you understand.

You cannot get educated by this self-propagating system in which people study to pass exams, and teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything. You learn something by doing it yourself, by asking questions, by thinking, and by experimenting.