Notes on Daniel Pink's Drive
Daniel Pink's Drive argues that for creative work, autonomy, mastery and purpose motivate people better than rewards and punishments. My notes on the book and its practical advice.
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Notes on Your Code as a Crime Scene
Adam Tornhill's Your Code as a Crime Scene treats a codebase's history as evidence: where the code changes most, where bugs cluster, and how the team worked on it. My notes on the book.
My highlights from The Nature of Software Development
Ron Jeffries' The Nature of Software Development argues for shipping small, valuable features often, keeping quality high through testing and refactoring, and managing by value instead of deadlines.
Key Takeaways from Atomic Habits — Through the Lens of Guitar Practice
As a seasoned software engineer and avid guitarist, Atomic Habits by James Clear resonated with me on multiple levels. The book provides a framework for habit-building that alig...
Reducing Friction: Making It Easier to Get Things Done
If you’ve ever wanted to start or maintain a blog but found yourself procrastinating, you’re not alone. The process of writing the actual content is just part of the battle—some...
In technology, as in guitar, to go fast you need to go slow first
Hi! As when we start learning an instrument, we cannot think we can start playing Jimmy Page's riff with a couple of hours of practice, we need to interiorize the ideas and firs...
