BEKZAT SKAKOV

Designing Data-Intensive Applications - Martin Kleppmann

The Antithesis Principle - Shreyas Doshi

"Code was never the hard part" is an insult to all programmers - Senko Rasic

No amount of "it won't work" will drive society forward - @sama

How to remember everything you read (stop trying) - @thedankoe [+4][-]

• -If you need to remember it, it wasn't important. If it's important, you'll remember it.
• -Notes are only worth it if they're fuel for something you're making.
• In practice:
  • -Don't start learning. Start the project, then learn only what moves it forward.
  • -Use AI to remove friction, not to articulate your own beliefs.

95%-ile isn't that good - Dan Luu [+4][-]

• -Being 95th percentile at most activities isn't impressive, because most participants barely try to improve.
• -Being ~10th percentile among people who deliberately practice often puts you at 90-99th percentile among everyone who participates.
• -People don't understand how to spot their mistakes and fix them, and they don't seek feedback.
• -Get rid of bad habits that pointlessly waste time.

Do the hardest thing - Justin Jackson [+3][-]

• -There isn't much competition in the hard things, because most people don't want to do them.
• -Working on "the hardest thing" doesn't mean "working on the thing that makes you work the hardest."
• -Doing "the hard thing" means pursuing the highest-value problem you can find that still sits inside your zone of expertise.

Fast is better than slow - Patrick Dubroy [+7][-]

• -You get data more quickly. That helps you make better decisions, sooner.
• -You learn faster, and over longer periods it means you learn more.
• -You can try out multiple approaches to a problem and pick the best one.
• In a real-world SWE job:
  • -Don't delay.
  • -Reclaim the small chunks.
  • -Don't worry about looking dumb (share your work early and often).
  • -Do only what's required.

High agency in 30 minutes - George Mack [+5][-]

• -High agency = the person you'd call if you were stuck in jail.
• -3 skills: clear thinking, bias to action, disagreeability.
• -If the problem doesn't defy the laws of physics, it's solvable.
• -There are no adults. Your heroes were deeply flawed people.
• -Stuck between two options, pick the better story.