Him: Friday is my birthday Me: Happy Birthday! H: huh? M: I will probably forget it Friday so I said it now H: but in Germany we believe its bad luck if you wish birthdays before. M: Do you believe in superstition? C: No OH: If you said yes, then you probably deserve it.

I was surprise to find out that the default behaviour in #Python ThreadPools is to be blocking (in contrast to Java for example) !

When did YAGNI became an excuse to write unmaintainable code :(

For those that use **kwargs, please validate its contain, else it's easy to introduce bugs just by mistyping an argument name #Python

I always have to remind my self to say "How about you ?" when someone ask me a question, but most of the time I fail to do it on time :)

Today we released a new library in #python for managing distributed configuration with #zookeeper, #consul or #etcd github.com/deliveryhero/d…

Is it just me that find how easily the observer design pattern can be misuse to implement a goto instruction ? #programming #design

I just saw a fox crossing the street in #Berlin seydlizstrasse :)

@_beatpanic Interesting, I always thought that foxes in general are a coward animal but the one that I saw looked very confident.

Her: what do you do? Me: software engineer Her: ahh u are an engineer Me: *she probably didnt hear the software part* Me: not exactly ...

The thing I like the most about the new generations is their naivety. The thing I dislike the most about the new generations is their naivety.

Zeigarnik effect, the reason why you should have a ritual of how to end your work day to be able to leave work in the workplace. Learned from Deep Work book.

“Make illegal state unpresentable” nice motto from Domain Modeling Made Functional.

The 4 disciplines of execution (aka 4dx) very useful framework to get things done, what I like the most about it is the separation between lag and lead metrics.

Rohe’s Theorem: Designers of systems tend to design ways for themselves to bypass the system — Systemantics. The systems bible.

The qualities necessary for being elected President are not the qualities needed for properly running the country. — Systemantics. The system bible.

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked — Systemantics. The system bible.

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. — Anna Karenina principle

A bad design with a good presentation is doomed eventually. A good design with a bad presentation is doomed immediately. Origin: spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/akins_laws.html (so much wisdom in the article)