Weâve been duping ourselves, believing that packing a virtual room with faces on a screen every week fosters inclusivity, collaboration, and productivity. Yet, often, particularly in distributed teams, sync meetings devolve into grids of nodding heads, with only a few voices leading the conversation. Read full post “Breaking the ‘sync’”
Thereâs a narrative in tech companies that often goes untold: âOpen product feedback.â Itâs a tale of transformation. Not the kind celebrated in startup blogs, but the kind that slowly eats into the company itself. A vibrant and innovative culture turned into an over-calculated shadow of its past. Read full post “A paradox of perfection”
The âMost Respectful Interpretationâ model has sneaked into the remote working culture. It explains that you are supposed to interpret every message in the best possible light, believing the sender had only the best intentions.
Read full post “The most respectful way”
Over the past few days I watched âThe Daysâ, a Netflix series about the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Far from flawless and clearly inferior to HBOâs Chernobyl, it is still well produced and manages to seize your attention and keep you locked in the seat. Read full post “0.2 seconds faster”
Many times, we become victims of our own choices. Not just the bad ones, but even worse, the choices that stick around well past their expiration date.
We become hostages to the âbusiness as usualâ mentality, a cognitive straightjacket that stifles change and breeds complacency, and all those stubborn bad choices that we canât just seem to shake off. Read full post “The status quo bias”
Not all learning has to be confined within classroom walls or follow a rigid checklist. Often, the most valuable lessons emerge as we venture off the beaten path.
As someone who embraces âExperiential learningâ â learning by doing and making mistakes â my approach differs from the traditional method of lectures, readings, and exercises. Instead, I set a goal Read full post “A different learning groove”
One of the most exciting (yet obscure) changes with iOS 16.4 is the @backDeployed attribute in Swift.
@backDeployed will allow you to mark certain functions or properties as backward-compatible. When using it, the Swift compiler generates code that checks at runtime whether the feature is available on the target device.
Read full post “@backDeployed: Could SwiftUI be backward compatible?”
AI blowing us away with its superhuman abilities is cool, but thatâs the tip of the iceberg. The real magic of AI, especially in search, is its availability and affordability.
With traditional search engines, you still have to dig and check a few sites Read full post “AI: Convenience Vs. Curiosity”
While it might be tempting to go for the cheapest option, when it comes to your work tools, itâs not worth it in the long run. Read full post “I’m not rich enough to buy cheap things”
Letâs assume you lead a development team and youâre given the following list of priorities.
Next yearâs priorities: