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My Romanian coworkers were impressed when I started learning Romanian. I’d say “bună” (hello), complete with the ă, and they’d be shocked by even this basic effort. What confused me, though: several of them insisted that Romanian was “hard”. I… Read more: Language learning - My first conference: lessons learned
My first conference in person was incredible. More later about the content — here’s what I learned from the experience of attending. First… ever? It’s true. I’ve been in tech for 25+ years, and yet DevOps Enterprise Summit 2023 in… Read more: My first conference: lessons learned - Projects one at a time
The discussion about developer productivity (see: here) led me to following Paulo André, who recently posted: The secret to productivity hiding in plain sight: The fastest way to complete two projects that use the same resources is to do them… Read more: Projects one at a time - Feeling seen
In the summer of 2019, I was three months into a new job. My house had endured major construction that resulted in equally major water damage. We were about to go live in a hotel until just before Christmas. Amidst… Read more: Feeling seen - The dangers of “who” and “why”: post-incident reviews
Five valuable lessons, including one that really threw me for a loop when I read it.
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