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I am a passionate developer, interested in scalability, distributed systems and databases and I love reading and running. 🎨⚡️

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Some notes for OKRs

May 18, 20221 min read

Not to many objectives at the same time. Not to many key results either, 1 to 3 is ideal. Key them equal in value and importance. Align personal ones with the company. Objectives have to be challenging. Keep metrics out of objectives. Keep key result...

Some notes for OKRs

Kind vs Nice

May 8, 20221 min read

A nice person will behave according to the norms and might comfort you but will literally contribute zero to your overall well-being. A kind person will behave genuinely to improve your well-being even if it makes the interaction uncomfortable for th...

Kind vs Nice

How to go from zero to one?

Apr 25, 20221 min read

Time is your most valuable and scarcest resource Identify your most important task and do it first Work from your calendar not on your todo list To overcome procrastination, beat your future self There will always be more to do Always carry a not...

How to go from zero to one?

How to cure writer's block?

Apr 19, 20221 min read

By changing your view. See this research paper, an excellent read. By writing in a free flow because it's a way of thinking, it should be able to take you back to the intended topic. By taking notes and having an always running ideas list. By publish...

How to cure writer's block?

How to get better in software development?

Apr 17, 20222 min read

Get better in reading code. Code is the ultimate truth and you should be able to check unfamiliar code bases quickly and comfortably to answer your own questions. Get better in writing. If you can't express yourself in a natural language well, there...

How to get better in software development?

How to be original?

Apr 14, 20222 min read

Be flexible, beware about your bias and think in the context. Generate more ideas (consistently). Even if your percentage of the quality ideas is too small, more ideas eventually will lead to more of better ones. Put yourself into foreign and challen...

How to be original?