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diff --git a/about/resources.md b/about/resources.md index 39c3cb81..fb4dfd05 100644 --- a/about/resources.md +++ b/about/resources.md @@ -35,105 +35,105 @@ You won't find any links on this site because, over time, the links will break. In random order: -* Polished Ruby Programming; Jeremy Evans; Packt Publishing -* Data Science at the Command Line; Jeroen Janssens; O'Reilly -* The Go Programming Language; Alan A. A. Donovan; Addison-Wesley Professional -* The KCNA (Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate) Book; Nigel Poulton +* The Practise of System and Network Administration; Thomas A. Limoncelli, Christina J. Hogan, Strata R. Chalup; Addison-Wesley Professional Pro Git; Scott Chacon, Ben Straub; Apress +* The Docker Book; James Turnbull; Kindle * 21st Century C: C Tips from the New School; Ben Klemens; O'Reilly -* Clusterbau mit Linux-HA; Michael Schwartzkopff; O'Reilly -* C++ Programming Language; Bjarne Stroustrup; -* Leanring eBPF; Liz Rice; O'Reilly +* Concurrency in Go; Katherine Cox-Buday; O'Reilly +* The Kubernetes Book; Nigel Poulton; Unabridged Audiobook +* Raku Recipes; J.J. Merelo; Apress +* Programming Ruby 3.3 (5th Edition); Noel Rappin, with Dave Thomas; The Pragmatic Bookshelf * DNS and BIND; Cricket Liu; O'Reilly +* Raku Fundamentals; Moritz Lenz; Apress +* Terraform Cookbook; Mikael Krief; Packt Publishing +* Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good; Fred Herbert; No Starch Press +* The Go Programming Language; Alan A. A. Donovan; Addison-Wesley Professional +* Effective Java; Joshua Bloch; Addison-Wesley Professional * DevOps And Site Reliability Engineering Handbook; Stephen Fleming; Audible +* Clusterbau mit Linux-HA; Michael Schwartzkopff; O'Reilly +* Think Raku (aka Think Perl 6); Laurent Rosenfeld, Allen B. Downey; O'Reilly +* Funktionale Programmierung; Peter Pepper; Springer * Java ist auch eine Insel; Christian Ullenboom; -* The Docker Book; James Turnbull; Kindle -* Perl New Features; Joshua McAdams, brian d foy; Perl School -* Raku Recipes; J.J. Merelo; Apress -* Pro Puppet; James Turnbull, Jeffrey McCune; Apress -* Tmux 2: Productive Mouse-free Development; Brain P. Hogan; The Pragmatic Programmers -* The Practise of System and Network Administration; Thomas A. Limoncelli, Christina J. Hogan, Strata R. Chalup; Addison-Wesley Professional Pro Git; Scott Chacon, Ben Straub; Apress -* Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good; Fred Herbert; No Starch Press +* Amazon Web Services in Action; Michael Wittig and Andreas Wittig; Manning Publications * Higher Order Perl; Mark Dominus; Morgan Kaufmann * 100 Go Mistakes and How to Avoid Them; Teiva Harsanyi; Manning Publications -* Ultimate Go Notebook; Bill Kennedy -* The Pragmatic Programmer; David Thomas; Addison-Wesley -* 97 things every SRE should know; Emil Stolarsky, Jaime Woo; O'Reilly +* Tmux 2: Productive Mouse-free Development; Brain P. Hogan; The Pragmatic Programmers +* Modern Perl; Chromatic ; Onyx Neon Press +* Object-Oriented Programming with ANSI-C; Axel-Tobias Schreiner +* Leanring eBPF; Liz Rice; O'Reilly +* Programming Perl aka "The Camel Book"; Tom Christiansen, brian d foy, Larry Wall & Jon Orwant; O'Reilly +* Hands-on Infrastructure Monitoring with Prometheus; Joel Bastos, Pedro Araujo; Packt * Site Reliability Engineering; How Google runs production systems; O'Reilly -* Systems Performance Tuning; Gian-Paolo D. Musumeci and others...; O'Reilly -* Programming Ruby 3.3 (5th Edition); Noel Rappin, with Dave Thomas; The Pragmatic Bookshelf -* Effective Java; Joshua Bloch; Addison-Wesley Professional -* Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!; Miran Lipovaca; No Starch Press -* Effective awk programming; Arnold Robbins; O'Reilly +* The Pragmatic Programmer; David Thomas; Addison-Wesley +* The KCNA (Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate) Book; Nigel Poulton +* Data Science at the Command Line; Jeroen Janssens; O'Reilly +* Pro Puppet; James Turnbull, Jeffrey McCune; Apress +* Developing Games in Java; David Brackeen and others...; New Riders * Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms; Andrew S. Tanenbaum; Pearson -* Terraform Cookbook; Mikael Krief; Packt Publishing -* Hands-on Infrastructure Monitoring with Prometheus; Joel Bastos, Pedro Araujo; Packt -* Programming Perl aka "The Camel Book"; Tom Christiansen, brian d foy, Larry Wall & Jon Orwant; O'Reilly -* Systemprogrammierung in Go; Frank Müller; dpunkt -* Think Raku (aka Think Perl 6); Laurent Rosenfeld, Allen B. Downey; O'Reilly +* Polished Ruby Programming; Jeremy Evans; Packt Publishing +* C++ Programming Language; Bjarne Stroustrup; * Kubernetes Cookbook; Sameer Naik, Sébastien Goasguen, Jonathan Michaux; O'Reilly -* Raku Fundamentals; Moritz Lenz; Apress -* Amazon Web Services in Action; Michael Wittig and Andreas Wittig; Manning Publications -* Funktionale Programmierung; Peter Pepper; Springer -* Modern Perl; Chromatic ; Onyx Neon Press -* Developing Games in Java; David Brackeen and others...; New Riders -* Object-Oriented Programming with ANSI-C; Axel-Tobias Schreiner * Go Brain Teasers - Exercise Your Mind; Miki Tebeka; The Pragmatic Programmers -* The Kubernetes Book; Nigel Poulton; Unabridged Audiobook -* Concurrency in Go; Katherine Cox-Buday; O'Reilly +* Effective awk programming; Arnold Robbins; O'Reilly +* 97 things every SRE should know; Emil Stolarsky, Jaime Woo; O'Reilly +* Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!; Miran Lipovaca; No Starch Press * The DevOps Handbook; Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis; Audible +* Systems Performance Tuning; Gian-Paolo D. Musumeci and others...; O'Reilly +* Systemprogrammierung in Go; Frank Müller; dpunkt +* Ultimate Go Notebook; Bill Kennedy +* Perl New Features; Joshua McAdams, brian d foy; Perl School ## Technical references I didn't read them from the beginning to the end, but I am using them to look up things. The books are in random order: -* BPF Performance Tools - Linux System and Application Observability, Brendan Gregg; Addison Wesley -* Groovy Kurz & Gut; Joerg Staudemeier; O'Reilly -* The Linux Programming Interface; Michael Kerrisk; No Starch Press * Go: Design Patterns for Real-World Projects; Mat Ryer; Packt +* Groovy Kurz & Gut; Joerg Staudemeier; O'Reilly +* BPF Performance Tools - Linux System and Application Observability, Brendan Gregg; Addison Wesley * Algorithms; Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne; Addison Wesley * Understanding the Linux Kernel; Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati; O'Reilly * Implementing Service Level Objectives; Alex Hidalgo; O'Reilly +* The Linux Programming Interface; Michael Kerrisk; No Starch Press * Relayd and Httpd Mastery; Michael W Lucas ## Self-development and soft-skills books In random order: -* Coders at Work - Reflections on the craft of programming, Peter Seibel and Mitchell Dorian et al., Audiobook -* Ultralearning; Anna Laurent; Self-published via Amazon -* 101 Essays that change the way you think; Brianna Wiest; Audiobook -* Psycho-Cybernetics; Maxwell Maltz; Perigee Books -* Never Split the Difference; Chris Voss, Tahl Raz; Random House Business -* Stop starting, start finishing; Arne Roock; Lean-Kanban University -* The Joy of Missing Out; Christina Crook; New Society Publishers -* Soft Skills; John Sommez; Manning Publications -* Digital Minimalism; Cal Newport; Portofolio Penguin -* So Good They Can't Ignore You; Cal Newport; Business Plus -* The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide; John Sonmez; Unabridged Audiobook -* Deep Work; Cal Newport; Piatkus -* The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People; Stephen R. Covey; Simon & Schuster UK +* The Good Enough Job; Simone Stolzoff; Ebury Edge +* The Phoenix Project - A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping your Business Win; Gene Kim and Kevin Behr; Trade Select +* Slow Productivity; Cal Newport; Penguin Random House * The Obstacle Is The Way; Ryan Holiday; Profile Books Ltd -* Eat That Frog!; Brian Tracy; Hodder Paperbacks -* Search Inside Yourself - The Unexpected path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace); Chade-Meng Tan, Daniel Goleman, Jon Kabat-Zinn; HarperOne +* The Bullet Journal Method; Ryder Carroll; Fourth Estate * Buddah and Einstein walk into a Bar; Guy Joseph Ale, Claire Bloom; Blackstone Publishing +* Atomic Habits; James Clear; Random House Business * The Power of Now; Eckhard Tolle; Yellow Kite +* The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide; John Sonmez; Unabridged Audiobook +* The Daily Stoic; Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman; Profile Books +* Deep Work; Cal Newport; Piatkus * Eat That Frog; Brian Tracy -* Ultralearning; Scott Young; Thorsons -* Solve for Happy; Mo Gawdat (RE-READ 1ST TIME) -* Atomic Habits; James Clear; Random House Business -* Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction; Susan Blackmore; Oxford Uiversity Press -* The Phoenix Project - A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping your Business Win; Gene Kim and Kevin Behr; Trade Select +* Soft Skills; John Sommez; Manning Publications +* So Good They Can't Ignore You; Cal Newport; Business Plus +* Psycho-Cybernetics; Maxwell Maltz; Perigee Books * Time Management for System Administrators; Thomas A. Limoncelli; O'Reilly -* The Good Enough Job; Simone Stolzoff; Ebury Edge -* The Bullet Journal Method; Ryder Carroll; Fourth Estate -* Slow Productivity; Cal Newport; Penguin Random House -* The Daily Stoic; Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman; Profile Books -* Getting Things Done; David Allen -* Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track; Will Larson; Audiobook +* Never Split the Difference; Chris Voss, Tahl Raz; Random House Business +* Coders at Work - Reflections on the craft of programming, Peter Seibel and Mitchell Dorian et al., Audiobook +* Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction; Susan Blackmore; Oxford Uiversity Press +* Ultralearning; Anna Laurent; Self-published via Amazon +* The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People; Stephen R. Covey; Simon & Schuster UK * Who Moved My Cheese?; Dr. Spencer Johnson; Vermilion * The Off Switch; Mark Cropley; Virgin Books (RE-READ 1ST TIME) +* The Joy of Missing Out; Christina Crook; New Society Publishers +* Eat That Frog!; Brian Tracy; Hodder Paperbacks +* Getting Things Done; David Allen * Meditation for Mortals, Oliver Burkeman, Audiobook +* Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track; Will Larson; Audiobook * Influence without Authority; A. Cohen, D. Bradford; Wiley +* 101 Essays that change the way you think; Brianna Wiest; Audiobook +* Solve for Happy; Mo Gawdat (RE-READ 1ST TIME) +* Stop starting, start finishing; Arne Roock; Lean-Kanban University +* Digital Minimalism; Cal Newport; Portofolio Penguin +* Ultralearning; Scott Young; Thorsons +* Search Inside Yourself - The Unexpected path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace); Chade-Meng Tan, Daniel Goleman, Jon Kabat-Zinn; HarperOne [Here are notes of mine for some of the books](../notes/index.md) @@ -141,29 +141,29 @@ In random order: Some of these were in-person with exams; others were online learning lectures only. In random order: -* Developing IaC with Terraform (with Live Lessons); O'Reilly Online -* Apache Tomcat Best Practises; 3-day on-site training * The Well-Grounded Rubyist Video Edition; David. A. Black; O'Reilly Online -* Linux Security and Isolation APIs Training; Michael Kerrisk; 3-day on-site training -* AWS Immersion Day; Amazon; 1-day interactive online training +* Developing IaC with Terraform (with Live Lessons); O'Reilly Online * Algorithms Video Lectures; Robert Sedgewick; O'Reilly Online -* Cloud Operations on AWS - Learn how to configure, deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot your AWS environments; 3-day online live training with labs; Amazon * Red Hat Certified System Administrator; Course + certification (Although I had the option, I decided not to take the next course as it is more effective to self learn what I need) -* Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs; Harold Abelson and more...; -* Functional programming lecture; Remote University of Hagen * MySQL Deep Dive Workshop; 2-day on-site training -* The Ultimate Kubernetes Bootcamp; School of Devops; O'Reilly Online -* Protocol buffers; O'Reilly Online -* Ultimate Go Programming; Bill Kennedy; O'Reilly Online * F5 Loadbalancers Training; 2-day on-site training; F5, Inc. +* Protocol buffers; O'Reilly Online +* AWS Immersion Day; Amazon; 1-day interactive online training +* Functional programming lecture; Remote University of Hagen +* Apache Tomcat Best Practises; 3-day on-site training +* Linux Security and Isolation APIs Training; Michael Kerrisk; 3-day on-site training +* The Ultimate Kubernetes Bootcamp; School of Devops; O'Reilly Online * Scripting Vim; Damian Conway; O'Reilly Online +* Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs; Harold Abelson and more...; +* Cloud Operations on AWS - Learn how to configure, deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot your AWS environments; 3-day online live training with labs; Amazon +* Ultimate Go Programming; Bill Kennedy; O'Reilly Online ## Technical guides These are not whole books, but guides (smaller or larger) which I found very useful. in random order: -* Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide * Raku Guide at https://raku.guide +* Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide * How CPUs work at https://cpu.land ## Podcasts @@ -172,55 +172,55 @@ These are not whole books, but guides (smaller or larger) which I found very use In random order: -* Deep Questions with Cal Newport -* The ProdCast (Google SRE Podcast) +* Modern Mentor * Hidden Brain -* Maintainable -* Fallthrough [Golang] -* BSD Now [BSD] * Backend Banter -* Modern Mentor +* Dev Interrupted +* Maintainable +* The Changelog Podcast(s) * The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast -* Cup o' Go [Golang] +* Fallthrough [Golang] +* The ProdCast (Google SRE Podcast) * Fork Around And Find Out -* The Changelog Podcast(s) -* Dev Interrupted +* Deep Questions with Cal Newport +* Cup o' Go [Golang] +* BSD Now [BSD] ### Podcasts I liked I liked them but am not listening to them anymore. The podcasts have either "finished" (no more episodes) or I stopped listening to them due to time constraints or a shift in my interests. -* Ship It (predecessor of Fork Around And Find Out) * FLOSS weekly -* Go Time (predecessor of fallthrough) -* CRE: Chaosradio Express [german] * Modern Mentor +* Go Time (predecessor of fallthrough) * Java Pub House +* Ship It (predecessor of Fork Around And Find Out) +* CRE: Chaosradio Express [german] ## Newsletters I like This is a mix of tech and non-tech newsletters I am subscribed to. In random order: +* VK Newsletter +* byteSizeGo * The Imperfectionist -* The Valuable Dev -* The Pragmatic Engineer -* Register Spill -* Monospace Mentor * Applied Go Weekly Newsletter -* Golang Weekly * Changelog News -* VK Newsletter +* Monospace Mentor +* Register Spill * Andreas Brandhorst Newsletter (Sci-Fi author) * Ruby Weekly -* byteSizeGo +* Golang Weekly +* The Valuable Dev +* The Pragmatic Engineer ## Magazines I like(d) This is a mix of tech I like(d). I may not be a current subscriber, but now and then, I buy an issue. In random order: -* Linux Magazine -* LWN (online only) * Linux User +* LWN (online only) +* Linux Magazine * freeX (not published anymore) # Formal education diff --git a/gemfeed/2025-01-01-posts-from-october-to-december-2024.md b/gemfeed/2025-01-01-posts-from-october-to-december-2024.md index 30b0e55b..0bdc34d7 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2025-01-01-posts-from-october-to-december-2024.md +++ b/gemfeed/2025-01-01-posts-from-october-to-december-2024.md @@ -282,290 +282,6 @@ This blog post is basically a rant against DataDog... Personally, I don't have m Quick trick to get Helix themes selected randomly `#HelixEditor` -# Posts from October to December 2024 - -> Published at 2024-12-31T18:09:58+02:00 - -Happy new year! - -These are my social media posts from the last three months. I keep them here to reflect on them and also to not lose them. Social media networks come and go and are not under my control, but my domain is here to stay. - -These are from Mastodon and LinkedIn. Have a look at my about page for my social media profiles. This list is generated with Gos, my social media platform sharing tool. - -[My about page](../about/index.md) -[https://codeberg.org/snonux/gos](https://codeberg.org/snonux/gos) - -## Table of Contents - -* [⇢ Posts from October to December 2024](#posts-from-october-to-december-2024) -* [⇢ ⇢ October 2024](#october-2024) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ First on-call experience in a startup. Doesn't ...](#first-on-call-experience-in-a-startup-doesn-t-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Reviewing your own PR or MR before asking ...](#reviewing-your-own-pr-or-mr-before-asking-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Fun with defer in `#golang`, I did't know, that ...](#fun-with-defer-in-golang-i-did-t-know-that-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ I have been in incidents. Understandably, ...](#i-have-been-in-incidents-understandably-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Little tips using strings in `#golang` and I ...](#little-tips-using-strings-in-golang-and-i-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Reading this post about `#rust` (especially the ...](#reading-this-post-about-rust-especially-the-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ The opposite of `#ChaosMonkey` ... ...](#the-opposite-of-chaosmonkey--) -* [⇢ ⇢ November 2024](#november-2024) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ I just became a Silver Patreon for OSnews. What ...](#i-just-became-a-silver-patreon-for-osnews-what-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Until now, I wasn't aware, that Go is under a ...](#until-now-i-wasn-t-aware-that-go-is-under-a-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ These are some book notes from "Staff Engineer" ...](#these-are-some-book-notes-from-staff-engineer-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Looking at `#Kubernetes`, it's pretty much ...](#looking-at-kubernetes-it-s-pretty-much-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ There has been an outage at the upstream ...](#there-has-been-an-outage-at-the-upstream-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ One of the more confusing parts in Go, nil ...](#one-of-the-more-confusing-parts-in-go-nil-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Agreeably, writing down with Diagrams helps you ...](#agreeably-writing-down-with-diagrams-helps-you-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ I like the idea of types in Ruby. Raku is ...](#i-like-the-idea-of-types-in-ruby-raku-is-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ So, `#Haskell` is better suited for general ...](#so-haskell-is-better-suited-for-general-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ At first, functional options add a bit of ...](#at-first-functional-options-add-a-bit-of-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Revamping my home lab a little bit. `#freebsd` ...](#revamping-my-home-lab-a-little-bit-freebsd-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Wondering to which `#web` `#browser` I should ...](#wondering-to-which-web-browser-i-should-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ eks-node-viewer is a nifty tool, showing the ...](#eks-node-viewer-is-a-nifty-tool-showing-the-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Have put more Photos on - On my static photo ...](#have-put-more-photos-on---on-my-static-photo-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ In Go, passing pointers are not automatically ...](#in-go-passing-pointers-are-not-automatically-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Myself being part of an on-call rotations over ...](#myself-being-part-of-an-on-call-rotations-over-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Feels good to code in my old love `#Perl` again ...](#feels-good-to-code-in-my-old-love-perl-again-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ This is an interactive summary of the Go ...](#this-is-an-interactive-summary-of-the-go-) -* [⇢ ⇢ December 2024](#december-2024) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Thats unexpected, you cant remove a NaN key ...](#thats-unexpected-you-cant-remove-a-nan-key-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ My second blog post about revamping my home lab ...](#my-second-blog-post-about-revamping-my-home-lab-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Very insightful article about tech hiring in ...](#very-insightful-article-about-tech-hiring-in-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ for `#bpf` `#ebpf` performance debugging, have ...](#for-bpf-ebpf-performance-debugging-have-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ 89 things he/she knows about Git commits is a ...](#89-things-heshe-knows-about-git-commits-is-a-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ I found that working on multiple side projects ...](#i-found-that-working-on-multiple-side-projects-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Agreed? Agreed. Besides `#Ruby`, I would also ...](#agreed-agreed-besides-ruby-i-would-also-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Plan9 assembly format in Go, but wait, it's not ...](#plan9-assembly-format-in-go-but-wait-it-s-not-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ This is a neat blog post about the Helix text ...](#this-is-a-neat-blog-post-about-the-helix-text-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ This blog post is basically a rant against ...](#this-blog-post-is-basically-a-rant-against-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Quick trick to get Helix themes selected ...](#quick-trick-to-get-helix-themes-selected-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Example where complexity attacks you from ...](#example-where-complexity-attacks-you-from-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ LLMs for Ops? Summaries of logs, probabilities ...](#llms-for-ops-summaries-of-logs-probabilities-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Excellent article about your dream Product ...](#excellent-article-about-your-dream-product-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ I just finished reading all chapters of CPU ...](#i-just-finished-reading-all-chapters-of-cpu-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Indeed, useful to know this stuff! `#sre` ...](#indeed-useful-to-know-this-stuff-sre-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ It's the small things, which make Unix like ...](#it-s-the-small-things-which-make-unix-like-) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ My New Year's resolution is not to start any ...](#my-new-year-s-resolution-is-not-to-start-any-) - -## October 2024 - -### First on-call experience in a startup. Doesn't ... - -First on-call experience in a startup. Doesn't sound a lot of fun! But the lessons were learned! `#sre` - -[ntietz.com/blog/lessons-from-my-first-on-call/](https://ntietz.com/blog/lessons-from-my-first-on-call/) - -### Reviewing your own PR or MR before asking ... - -Reviewing your own PR or MR before asking others to review it makes a lot of sense. Have seen so many silly mistakes which would have been avoided. Saving time for the real reviewer. - -[www.jvt.me/posts/2019/01/12/self-code-review/](https://www.jvt.me/posts/2019/01/12/self-code-review/) - -### Fun with defer in `#golang`, I did't know, that ... - -Fun with defer in `#golang`, I did't know, that a defer object can either be heap or stack allocated. And there are some rules for inlining, too. - -[victoriametrics.com/blog/defer-in-go/](https://victoriametrics.com/blog/defer-in-go/) - -### I have been in incidents. Understandably, ... - -I have been in incidents. Understandably, everyone wants the issue to be resolved as quickly and others want to know how long TTR will be. IMHO, providing no estimates at all is no solution either. So maybe give a rough estimate but clearly communicate that the estimate is rough and that X, Y, and Z can interfere, meaning there is a chance it will take longer to resolve the incident. Just my thought. What's yours? - -[firehydrant.com/blog/hot-take-dont-provide-incident-resolution-estimates/](https://firehydrant.com/blog/hot-take-dont-provide-incident-resolution-estimates/) - -### Little tips using strings in `#golang` and I ... - -Little tips using strings in `#golang` and I personally think one must look more into the std lib (not just for strings, also for slices, maps,...), there are tons of useful helper functions. - -[www.calhoun.io/6-tips-for-using-strings-in-go/](https://www.calhoun.io/6-tips-for-using-strings-in-go/) - -### Reading this post about `#rust` (especially the ... - -Reading this post about `#rust` (especially the first part), I think I made a good choice in deciding to dive into `#golang` instead. There was a point where I wanted to learn a new programming language, and Rust was on my list of choices. I think the Go project does a much better job of deciding what goes into the language and how. What are your thoughts? - -[josephg.com/blog/rewriting-rust/](https://josephg.com/blog/rewriting-rust/) - -### The opposite of `#ChaosMonkey` ... ... - -The opposite of `#ChaosMonkey` ... automatically repairing and healing services helping to reduce manual toil work. Runbooks and scripts are only the first step, followed by a fully blown service written in Go. Could be useful, but IMHO why not rather address the root causes of the manual toil work? `#sre` - -[blog.cloudflare.com/nl-nl/improving-platform-resilience-at-cloudflare/](https://blog.cloudflare.com/nl-nl/improving-platform-resilience-at-cloudflare/) - -## November 2024 - -### I just became a Silver Patreon for OSnews. What ... - -I just became a Silver Patreon for OSnews. What is OSnews? It is an independent news site about IT. It is slightly independent and, at times, alternative. I have enjoyed it since my early student days. This one and other projects I financially support are listed here: - -[foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-09-07-projects-i-support.gmi (Gemini)](gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-09-07-projects-i-support.gmi) -[foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-09-07-projects-i-support.html](https://foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-09-07-projects-i-support.html) - -### Until now, I wasn't aware, that Go is under a ... - -Until now, I wasn't aware, that Go is under a BSD-style license (3-clause as it seems). Neat. I don't know why, but I always was under the impression it would be MIT. `#bsd` `#golang` - -[go.dev/LICENSE](https://go.dev/LICENSE) - -### These are some book notes from "Staff Engineer" ... - -These are some book notes from "Staff Engineer" – there is some really good insight into what is expected from a Staff Engineer and beyond in the industry. I wish I had read the book earlier. - -[foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-10-24-staff-engineer-book-notes.gmi (Gemini)](gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-10-24-staff-engineer-book-notes.gmi) -[foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-10-24-staff-engineer-book-notes.html](https://foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-10-24-staff-engineer-book-notes.html) - -### Looking at `#Kubernetes`, it's pretty much ... - -Looking at `#Kubernetes`, it's pretty much following the Unix way of doing things. It has many tools, but each tool has its own single purpose: DNS, scheduling, container runtime, various controllers, networking, observability, alerting, and more services in the control plane. Everything is managed by different services or plugins, mostly running in their dedicated pods. They don't communicate through pipes, but network sockets, though. `#k8s` - -### There has been an outage at the upstream ... - -There has been an outage at the upstream network provider for OpenBSD.Amsterdam (hoster, I am using). This was the first real-world test for my KISS HA setup, and it worked flawlessly! All my sites and services failed over automatically to my other `#OpenBSD` VM! - -[foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-04-01-KISS-high-availability-with-OpenBSD.gmi (Gemini)](gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-04-01-KISS-high-availability-with-OpenBSD.gmi) -[foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-04-01-KISS-high-availability-with-OpenBSD.html](https://foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-04-01-KISS-high-availability-with-OpenBSD.html) -[openbsd.amsterdam/](https://openbsd.amsterdam/) - -### One of the more confusing parts in Go, nil ... - -One of the more confusing parts in Go, nil values vs nil errors: `#golang` - -[unexpected-go.com/nil-errors-that-are-non-nil-errors.html](https://unexpected-go.com/nil-errors-that-are-non-nil-errors.html) - -### Agreeably, writing down with Diagrams helps you ... - -Agreeably, writing down with Diagrams helps you to think things more through. And keeps others on the same page. Only worth for projects from a certain size, IMHO. - -[ntietz.com/blog/reasons-to-write-design-docs/](https://ntietz.com/blog/reasons-to-write-design-docs/) - -### I like the idea of types in Ruby. Raku is ... - -I like the idea of types in Ruby. Raku is supports that already, but in Ruby, you must specify the types in a separate .rbs file, which is, in my opinion, cumbersome and is a reason not to use it extensively for now. I believe there are efforts to embed the type information in the standard .rb files, and that the .rbs is just an experiment to see how types could work out without introducing changes into the core Ruby language itself right now? `#Ruby` `#RakuLang` - -[github.com/ruby/rbs](https://github.com/ruby/rbs) - -### So, `#Haskell` is better suited for general ... - -So, `#Haskell` is better suited for general purpose than `#Rust`? I thought deploying something in Haskell means publishing an academic paper :-) Interesting rant about Rust, though: - -[chrisdone.com/posts/rust/](https://chrisdone.com/posts/rust/) - -### At first, functional options add a bit of ... - -At first, functional options add a bit of boilerplate, but they turn out to be quite neat, especially when you have very long parameter lists that need to be made neat and tidy. `#golang` - -[www.calhoun.io/using-functional-options-instead-of-method-chaining-in-go/](https://www.calhoun.io/using-functional-options-instead-of-method-chaining-in-go/) - -### Revamping my home lab a little bit. `#freebsd` ... - -Revamping my home lab a little bit. `#freebsd` `#bhyve` `#rocky` `#linux` `#vm` `#k3s` `#kubernetes` `#wireguard` `#zfs` `#nfs` `#ha` `#relayd` `#k8s` `#selfhosting` `#homelab` - -[foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-11-17-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1.gmi (Gemini)](gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-11-17-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1.gmi) -[foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-11-17-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1.html](https://foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-11-17-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1.html) - -### Wondering to which `#web` `#browser` I should ... - -Wondering to which `#web` `#browser` I should switch now personally ... - -[www.osnews.com/story/141100/mozilla-fo..-..dvocacy-for-open-web-privacy-and-more/](https://www.osnews.com/story/141100/mozilla-foundation-lays-off-30-of-its-employees-ends-advocacy-for-open-web-privacy-and-more/) - -### eks-node-viewer is a nifty tool, showing the ... - -eks-node-viewer is a nifty tool, showing the compute nodes currently in use in the `#EKS` cluster. especially useful when dynamically allocating nodes with `#karpenter` or auto scaling groups. - -[github.com/awslabs/eks-node-viewer](https://github.com/awslabs/eks-node-viewer) - -### Have put more Photos on - On my static photo ... - -Have put more Photos on - On my static photo sites - Generated with a `#bash` script - -[irregular.ninja](https://irregular.ninja) - -### In Go, passing pointers are not automatically ... - -In Go, passing pointers are not automatically faster than values. Pointers often force the memory to be allocated on the heap, adding GC overhad. With values, Go can determine whether to put the memory on the stack instead. But with large structs/objects (how you want to call them) or if you want to modify state, then pointers are the semantic to use. `#golang` - -[blog.boot.dev/golang/pointers-faster-than-values/](https://blog.boot.dev/golang/pointers-faster-than-values/) - -### Myself being part of an on-call rotations over ... - -Myself being part of an on-call rotations over my whole professional life, just have learned this lesson "Tell people who are new to on-call: Just have fun" :-) This is a neat blog post to read: - -[ntietz.com/blog/what-i-tell-people-new-to-oncall/](https://ntietz.com/blog/what-i-tell-people-new-to-oncall/) - -### Feels good to code in my old love `#Perl` again ... - -Feels good to code in my old love `#Perl` again after a while. I am implementing a log parser for generating site stats of my personal homepage! :-) @Perl - -### This is an interactive summary of the Go ... - -This is an interactive summary of the Go release, with a lot of examples utilising iterators in the slices and map packages. Love it! `#golang` - -[antonz.org/go-1-23/](https://antonz.org/go-1-23/) - -## December 2024 - -### Thats unexpected, you cant remove a NaN key ... - -Thats unexpected, you cant remove a NaN key from a map without clearing it! `#golang` - -[unexpected-go.com/you-cant-remove-a-nan-key-from-a-map-without-clearing-it.html](https://unexpected-go.com/you-cant-remove-a-nan-key-from-a-map-without-clearing-it.html) - -### My second blog post about revamping my home lab ... - -My second blog post about revamping my home lab a little bit just hit the net. `#FreeBSD` `#ZFS` `#n100` `#k8s` `#k3s` `#kubernetes` - -[foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.gmi (Gemini)](gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.gmi) -[foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.html](https://foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.html) - -### Very insightful article about tech hiring in ... - -Very insightful article about tech hiring in the age of LLMs. As an interviewer, I have experienced some of the scrnarios already first hand... - -[newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/how-genai-changes-tech-hiring](https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/how-genai-changes-tech-hiring) - -### for `#bpf` `#ebpf` performance debugging, have ... - -for `#bpf` `#ebpf` performance debugging, have a look at bpftop from Netflix. A neat tool showing you the estimated CPU time and other performance statistics for all the BPF programs currently loaded into the `#linux` kernel. Highly recommend! - -[github.com/Netflix/bpftop](https://github.com/Netflix/bpftop) - -### 89 things he/she knows about Git commits is a ... - -89 things he/she knows about Git commits is a neat list of `#Git` wisdoms - -[www.jvt.me/posts/2024/07/12/things-know-commits/](https://www.jvt.me/posts/2024/07/12/things-know-commits/) - -### I found that working on multiple side projects ... - -I found that working on multiple side projects concurrently is better than concentrating on just one. This seems inefficient at first, but whenever you tend to lose motivation, you can temporarily switch to another one with full élan. However, remember to stop starting and start finishing. This doesn't mean you should be working on 10+ (and a growing list of) side projects concurrently! Select your projects and commit to finishing them before starting the next thing. For example, my current limit of concurrent side projects is around five. - -### Agreed? Agreed. Besides `#Ruby`, I would also ... - -Agreed? Agreed. Besides `#Ruby`, I would also add `#RakuLang` and `#Perl` @Perl to the list of languages that are great for shell scripts - "Making Easy Things Easy and Hard Things Possible" - -[lucasoshiro.github.io/posts-en/2024-06-17-ruby-shellscript/](https://lucasoshiro.github.io/posts-en/2024-06-17-ruby-shellscript/) - -### Plan9 assembly format in Go, but wait, it's not ... - -Plan9 assembly format in Go, but wait, it's not the Operating System Plan9! `#golang` `#rabbithole` - -[www.osnews.com/story/140941/go-plan9-memo-speeding-up-calculations-450/](https://www.osnews.com/story/140941/go-plan9-memo-speeding-up-calculations-450/) - -### This is a neat blog post about the Helix text ... - -This is a neat blog post about the Helix text editor, to which I personally switched around a year ago (from NeoVim). I should blog about my experience as well. To summarize: I am using it together with the terminal multiplexer `#tmux`. It doesn't bother me that Helix is purely terminal-based and therefore everything has to be in the same font. `#HelixEditor` - -[jonathan-frere.com/posts/helix/](https://jonathan-frere.com/posts/helix/) - -### This blog post is basically a rant against ... - -This blog post is basically a rant against DataDog... Personally, I don't have much experience with DataDog (actually, I have never used it), but one reason to work with logs at my day job (with over 2,000 physical server machines) and to be cost-effective is by using dtail! `#dtail` `#logs` `#logmanagement` - -[crys.site/blog/2024/reinventint-the-weel/](https://crys.site/blog/2024/reinventint-the-weel/) -[dtail.dev](https://dtail.dev) - -### Quick trick to get Helix themes selected ... - -Quick trick to get Helix themes selected randomly `#HelixEditor` - [foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-12-15-random-helix-themes.gmi (Gemini)](gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-12-15-random-helix-themes.gmi) [foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-12-15-random-helix-themes.html](https://foo.zone/gemfeed/2024-12-15-random-helix-themes.html) diff --git a/gemfeed/2025-07-22-task-samurai.md b/gemfeed/2025-07-22-task-samurai.md index 20a47e16..a03e9f07 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2025-07-22-task-samurai.md +++ b/gemfeed/2025-07-22-task-samurai.md @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Given the current industry trend and the rapid advancements in technology, it ha ### How it works -Task Samurai invokes the `task` command to read and modify tasks. The tasks are displayed in a Bubble Tea table, where each row represents a task. Hotkeys trigger Taskwarrior commands such as starting, completing or annotating tasks. The UI refreshes automatically after each action, so the table is always up to date. +Task Samurai invokes the `task` command (that's the original Taskwarrior CLI command) to read and modify tasks. The tasks are displayed in a Bubble Tea table, where each row represents a task. Hotkeys trigger Taskwarrior commands such as starting, completing or annotating tasks. The UI refreshes automatically after each action, so the table is always up to date. [](./task-samurai/screenshot.png) @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Maybe a better approach would have been to design the whole application from scr ### What I Learned Using Agentic Coding -Stepping into agentic coding with Codex as my "pair programmer" was a genuine shift. I learned a ton—not just about automating code generation, but also about how you have to tightly steer, guide, and audit every line as things move at breakneck speed. I must admit, I sometimes lost track of what all the generated code was actually doing. But as the features seemed to work after a few iterations, I was satisfied. +Stepping into agentic coding with Codex as my "pair programmer" was a genuine shift. I learned a ton—not just about automating code generation, but also about how you have to tightly steer, guide, and audit every line as things move at breakneck speed. I must admit, I sometimes lost track of what all the generated code was actually doing. But as the features seemed to work after a few iterations, I was satisfied. Discussing requirements with Codex forced me to clarify features and spot logical pitfalls earlier. All those fast iterations meant I was constantly coaxing more helpful, less ambiguous code out of the model—making me rethink how to break features into clear, testable steps. I now see agentic coding not just as a productivity tool but also as a learning accelerator. @@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ Let's do some back-of-the-envelope math: ## Wrapping Up -Building Task Samurai with agentic coding was a wild ride—rapid feature growth, plenty of churns, countless fast fixes, and more merge commits I'd expected. The big lessons? Keep the iterations short, keep tests and documentation concise, and review and refine for final polish at the end. Even with the bumps along the way, shipping a polished terminal UI in days instead of weeks is a testament to the raw power (and some hazards) of agentic development. +Building Task Samurai with agentic coding was a wild ride—rapid feature growth, plenty of churns, countless fast fixes, and more merge commits I'd expected. The big lessons? Keep the iterations short (or maybe in my next experiment, much larger, with better and more complete design before generating a single line of code), keep tests and documentation concise, and review and refine for final polish at the end. Even with the bumps along the way, shipping a polished terminal UI in days instead of weeks is a testament to the raw power (and some hazards) of agentic development. + +Am I an agentic coding expert now? I don't think so. There are still many things to learn, and the landscape is constantly evolving. While working on Task Samuray, there were times I genuinely missed manual coding and the satisfaction that comes from writing every line yourself, debugging issues through sheer logic, and crafting solutions from scratch. However, this is the direction in which the industry seems to be shifting, unfortunately. If applied correctly, AI will boost performance, and if you don't use AI, your next performance review may be awkward. diff --git a/gemfeed/index.md b/gemfeed/index.md index c956350a..9118aef6 100644 --- a/gemfeed/index.md +++ b/gemfeed/index.md @@ -55,6 +55,63 @@ [2022-07-30 - Let's Encrypt with OpenBSD and Rex](./2022-07-30-lets-encrypt-with-openbsd-and-rex.md) [2022-06-15 - Sweating the small stuff - Tiny projects of mine](./2022-06-15-sweating-the-small-stuff.md) [2022-05-27 - Perl is still a great choice](./2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice.md) +# Gemfeed of foo.zone + +## To be in the .zone! + +[2025-07-22 - Task Samurai: An agentic coding learning experiment](./2025-07-22-task-samurai.md) +[2025-06-07 - 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes](./2025-06-07-a-monks-guide-to-happiness-book-notes.md) +[2025-05-11 - f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 5: WireGuard mesh network](./2025-05-11-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-5.md) +[2025-05-02 - Terminal multiplexing with `tmux` - Fish edition](./2025-05-02-terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux-fish-edition.md) +[2025-04-19 - 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' book notes](./2025-04-19-when-book-notes.md) +[2025-04-05 - f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 4: Rocky Linux Bhyve VMs](./2025-04-05-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-4.md) +[2025-03-05 - Sharing on Social Media with Gos v1.0.0](./2025-03-05-sharing-on-social-media-with-gos.md) +[2025-02-08 - Random Weird Things - Part Ⅱ](./2025-02-08-random-weird-things-ii.md) +[2025-02-01 - f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 3: Protecting from power cuts](./2025-02-01-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-3.md) +[2025-01-15 - Working with an SRE Interview](./2025-01-15-working-with-an-sre-interview.md) +[2025-01-01 - Posts from October to December 2024](./2025-01-01-posts-from-october-to-december-2024.md) +[2024-12-15 - Random Helix Themes](./2024-12-15-random-helix-themes.md) +[2024-12-03 - f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 2: Hardware and base installation](./2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.md) +[2024-11-17 - f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 1: Setting the stage](./2024-11-17-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1.md) +[2024-10-24 - 'Staff Engineer' book notes](./2024-10-24-staff-engineer-book-notes.md) +[2024-10-02 - Gemtexter 3.0.0 - Let's Gemtext again⁴](./2024-10-02-gemtexter-3.0.0-lets-gemtext-again-4.md) +[2024-09-07 - Site Reliability Engineering - Part 4: Onboarding for On-Call Engineers](./2024-09-07-site-reliability-engineering-part-4.md) +[2024-09-07 - Projects I financially support](./2024-09-07-projects-i-support.md) +[2024-08-05 - Typing `127.1` words per minute (`>100wpm average`)](./2024-08-05-typing-127.1-words-per-minute.md) +[2024-07-07 - 'The Stoic Challenge' book notes](./2024-07-07-the-stoic-challenge-book-notes.md) +[2024-07-05 - Random Weird Things - Part Ⅰ](./2024-07-05-random-weird-things.md) +[2024-06-23 - Terminal multiplexing with `tmux` - Z-Shell edition](./2024-06-23-terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux.md) +[2024-05-03 - Projects I currently don't have time for](./2024-05-03-projects-i-currently-dont-have-time-for.md) +[2024-05-01 - 'Slow Productivity' book notes](./2024-05-01-slow-productivity-book-notes.md) +[2024-04-01 - KISS high-availability with OpenBSD](./2024-04-01-KISS-high-availability-with-OpenBSD.md) +[2024-03-03 - A fine Fyne Android app for quickly logging ideas programmed in Go](./2024-03-03-a-fine-fyne-android-app-for-quickly-logging-ideas-programmed-in-golang.md) +[2024-02-04 - From `babylon5.buetow.org` to `*.buetow.cloud`](./2024-02-04-from-babylon5.buetow.org-to-.cloud.md) +[2024-01-13 - One reason why I love OpenBSD](./2024-01-13-one-reason-why-i-love-openbsd.md) +[2024-01-09 - Site Reliability Engineering - Part 3: On-Call Culture](./2024-01-09-site-reliability-engineering-part-3.md) +[2023-12-10 - Bash Golf Part 3](./2023-12-10-bash-golf-part-3.md) +[2023-11-19 - Site Reliability Engineering - Part 2: Operational Balance](./2023-11-19-site-reliability-engineering-part-2.md) +[2023-11-11 - 'Mind Management' book notes](./2023-11-11-mind-management-book-notes.md) +[2023-10-29 - KISS static web photo albums with `photoalbum.sh`](./2023-10-29-kiss-static-web-photo-albums-with-photoalbum.sh.md) +[2023-09-25 - DTail usage examples](./2023-09-25-dtail-usage-examples.md) +[2023-08-18 - Site Reliability Engineering - Part 1: SRE and Organizational Culture](./2023-08-18-site-reliability-engineering-part-1.md) +[2023-07-21 - Gemtexter 2.1.0 - Let's Gemtext again³](./2023-07-21-gemtexter-2.1.0-lets-gemtext-again-3.md) +[2023-07-17 - 'Software Developmers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes](./2023-07-17-career-guide-and-soft-skills-book-notes.md) +[2023-06-01 - KISS server monitoring with Gogios](./2023-06-01-kiss-server-monitoring-with-gogios.md) +[2023-05-06 - 'The Obstacle is the Way' book notes](./2023-05-06-the-obstacle-is-the-way-book-notes.md) +[2023-05-01 - Unveiling `guprecords.raku`: Global Uptime Records with Raku](./2023-05-01-unveiling-guprecords:-uptime-records-with-raku.md) +[2023-04-01 - 'Never split the difference' book notes](./2023-04-01-never-split-the-difference-book-notes.md) +[2023-03-25 - Gemtexter 2.0.0 - Let's Gemtext again²](./2023-03-25-gemtexter-2.0.0-lets-gemtext-again-2.md) +[2023-03-16 - 'The Pragmatic Programmer' book notes](./2023-03-16-the-pragmatic-programmer-book-notes.md) +[2023-02-26 - How to shut down after work](./2023-02-26-how-to-shut-down-after-work.md) +[2023-01-23 - Why GrapheneOS rox](./2023-01-23-why-grapheneos-rox.md) +[2022-12-24 - (Re)learning Java - My takeaways](./2022-12-24-ultrarelearning-java-my-takeaways.md) +[2022-11-24 - I tried (Doom) Emacs, but I switched back to (Neo)Vim](./2022-11-24-i-tried-emacs-but-i-switched-back-to-neovim.md) +[2022-10-30 - Installing DTail on OpenBSD](./2022-10-30-installing-dtail-on-openbsd.md) +[2022-09-30 - After a bad night's sleep](./2022-09-30-after-a-bad-nights-sleep.md) +[2022-08-27 - Gemtexter 1.1.0 - Let's Gemtext again](./2022-08-27-gemtexter-1.1.0-lets-gemtext-again.md) +[2022-07-30 - Let's Encrypt with OpenBSD and Rex](./2022-07-30-lets-encrypt-with-openbsd-and-rex.md) +[2022-06-15 - Sweating the small stuff - Tiny projects of mine](./2022-06-15-sweating-the-small-stuff.md) +[2022-05-27 - Perl is still a great choice](./2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice.md) [2022-04-10 - Creative universe](./2022-04-10-creative-universe.md) [2022-03-06 - The release of DTail 4.0.0](./2022-03-06-the-release-of-dtail-4.0.0.md) [2022-02-04 - Computer operating systems I use(d)](./2022-02-04-computer-operating-systems-i-use.md) @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Hello! -> This site was generated at 2025-06-22T19:02:11+03:00 by `Gemtexter` +> This site was generated at 2025-06-22T19:11:07+03:00 by `Gemtexter` Welcome to the ... @@ -52,36 +52,9 @@ Everything you read on this site is my personal opinion and experience. You can [2024-12-15 - Random Helix Themes](./gemfeed/2024-12-15-random-helix-themes.md) [2024-12-03 - f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 2: Hardware and base installation](./gemfeed/2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.md) [2024-11-17 - f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 1: Setting the stage](./gemfeed/2024-11-17-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1.md) -[2024-10-24 - 'Staff Engineer' book notes](./gemfeed/2024-10-24-staff-engineer-book-notes.md) -[2024-10-02 - Gemtexter 3.0.0 - Let's Gemtext again⁴](./gemfeed/2024-10-02-gemtexter-3.0.0-lets-gemtext-again-4.md) -[2024-09-07 - Site Reliability Engineering - Part 4: Onboarding for On-Call Engineers](./gemfeed/2024-09-07-site-reliability-engineering-part-4.md) -[2024-09-07 - Projects I financially support](./gemfeed/2024-09-07-projects-i-support.md) -[2024-08-05 - Typing `127.1` words per minute (`>100wpm average`)](./gemfeed/2024-08-05-typing-127.1-words-per-minute.md) -[2024-07-07 - 'The Stoic Challenge' book notes](./gemfeed/2024-07-07-the-stoic-challenge-book-notes.md) -[2024-07-05 - Random Weird Things - Part Ⅰ](./gemfeed/2024-07-05-random-weird-things.md) -[2024-06-23 - Terminal multiplexing with `tmux` - Z-Shell edition](./gemfeed/2024-06-23-terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux.md) -[2024-05-03 - Projects I currently don't have time for](./gemfeed/2024-05-03-projects-i-currently-dont-have-time-for.md) -[2024-05-01 - 'Slow Productivity' book notes](./gemfeed/2024-05-01-slow-productivity-book-notes.md) -[2024-04-01 - KISS high-availability with OpenBSD](./gemfeed/2024-04-01-KISS-high-availability-with-OpenBSD.md) -[2024-03-03 - A fine Fyne Android app for quickly logging ideas programmed in Go](./gemfeed/2024-03-03-a-fine-fyne-android-app-for-quickly-logging-ideas-programmed-in-golang.md) -[2024-02-04 - From `babylon5.buetow.org` to `*.buetow.cloud`](./gemfeed/2024-02-04-from-babylon5.buetow.org-to-.cloud.md) -[2024-01-13 - One reason why I love OpenBSD](./gemfeed/2024-01-13-one-reason-why-i-love-openbsd.md) -[2024-01-09 - Site Reliability Engineering - Part 3: On-Call Culture](./gemfeed/2024-01-09-site-reliability-engineering-part-3.md) -[2023-12-10 - Bash Golf Part 3](./gemfeed/2023-12-10-bash-golf-part-3.md) -[2023-11-19 - Site Reliability Engineering - Part 2: Operational Balance](./gemfeed/2023-11-19-site-reliability-engineering-part-2.md) -[2023-11-11 - 'Mind Management' book notes](./gemfeed/2023-11-11-mind-management-book-notes.md) -[2023-10-29 - KISS static web photo albums with `photoalbum.sh`](./gemfeed/2023-10-29-kiss-static-web-photo-albums-with-photoalbum.sh.md) -[2023-09-25 - DTail usage examples](./gemfeed/2023-09-25-dtail-usage-examples.md) -[2023-08-18 - Site Reliability Engineering - Part 1: SRE and Organizational Culture](./gemfeed/2023-08-18-site-reliability-engineering-part-1.md) -[2023-07-21 - Gemtexter 2.1.0 - Let's Gemtext again³](./gemfeed/2023-07-21-gemtexter-2.1.0-lets-gemtext-again-3.md) -[2023-07-17 - 'Software Developmers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes](./gemfeed/2023-07-17-career-guide-and-soft-skills-book-notes.md) -[2023-06-01 - KISS server monitoring with Gogios](./gemfeed/2023-06-01-kiss-server-monitoring-with-gogios.md) -[2023-05-06 - 'The Obstacle is the Way' book notes](./gemfeed/2023-05-06-the-obstacle-is-the-way-book-notes.md) -[2023-05-01 - Unveiling `guprecords.raku`: Global Uptime Records with Raku](./gemfeed/2023-05-01-unveiling-guprecords:-uptime-records-with-raku.md) -[2023-04-01 - 'Never split the difference' book notes](./gemfeed/2023-04-01-never-split-the-difference-book-notes.md) # Hello! -> This site was generated at 2025-06-22T19:03:14+03:00 by `Gemtexter` +> This site was generated at 2025-06-22T19:12:10+03:00 by `Gemtexter` Welcome to the ... diff --git a/notes/career-guide-and-soft-skills.md b/notes/career-guide-and-soft-skills.md index 27358a82..5493927d 100644 --- a/notes/career-guide-and-soft-skills.md +++ b/notes/career-guide-and-soft-skills.md @@ -319,4 +319,325 @@ Other book notes of mine are: [2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes](./never-split-the-difference.md) [2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes](./the-pragmatic-programmer.md) +# "Software Developmers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes + +> Published at 2023-07-17T04:56:20+03:00 + +These notes are of two books by "John Sommez" I found helpful. I also added some of my own keypoints to it. These notes are mainly for my own use, but you might find them helpful, too. + +``` + ,.......... .........., + ,..,' '.' ',.., + ,' ,' : ', ', + ,' ,' : ', ', + ,' ,' : ', ', + ,' ,'............., : ,.............', ', +,' '............ '.' ............' ', + '''''''''''''''''';''';'''''''''''''''''' + ''' +``` + +## Table of Contents + +* [⇢ "Software Developmers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes](#software-developmers-career-guide-and-soft-skills-book-notes) +* [⇢ ⇢ Improve](#improve) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Always learn new things](#always-learn-new-things) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Set goals](#set-goals) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Ratings](#ratings) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Promotions](#promotions) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Finish things](#finish-things) +* [⇢ ⇢ Expand the empire](#expand-the-empire) +* [⇢ ⇢ Be pragmatic and also manage your time](#be-pragmatic-and-also-manage-your-time) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ The quota system](#the-quota-system) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Don't waste time](#don-t-waste-time) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Habits](#habits) +* [⇢ Work-life balance](#work-life-balance) +* [⇢ ⇢ Mental health](#mental-health) +* [⇢ ⇢ Physical health](#physical-health) +* [⇢ ⇢ No drama](#no-drama) +* [⇢ Personal brand](#personal-brand) +* [⇢ ⇢ Market yourself](#market-yourself) +* [⇢ ⇢ Networking](#networking) +* [⇢ ⇢ Public speaking](#public-speaking) +* [⇢ New job](#new-job) +* [⇢ ⇢ For the interview](#for-the-interview) +* [⇢ ⇢ Find the right type of company](#find-the-right-type-of-company) +* [⇢ ⇢ Apply for the new job](#apply-for-the-new-job) +* [⇢ ⇢ Negotiation](#negotiation) +* [⇢ ⇢ Leaving the old job](#leaving-the-old-job) +* [⇢ Other things](#other-things) +* [⇢ ⇢ Testing](#testing) +* [⇢ ⇢ Books to read](#books-to-read) + +## Improve + +### Always learn new things + +When you learn something new, e.g. a programming language, first gather an overview, learn from multiple sources, play around and learn by doing and not consuming and form your own questions. Don't read too much upfront. A large amount of time is spent in learning technical skills which were never use. You want to have a practical set of skills you are actually using. You need to know 20 percent to get out 80 percent of the results. + +* Learn a technology with a goal, e.g. implement a tool. Practice practise practice. +* "I know X can do Y, I don't know exactly how, but I can look it up." +* Read what experts are writing, for example follow blogs. Stay up to date and spent half an hour per day trading blogs and books. +* Pick an open source application, read the code and try to understand it to get a feel of the syntax of the programming language. +* Understand, that the standard library makes you a much better programmer. +* Self learning is the top skill a programmer can have and is also useful in other aspects in your life. +* Keep learning skills every day. Code every day. Don't be overconfident for job security. Read blogs, read books. +* If you want to learn, then do it by exploring. Also teach what you learned (for example write a blog post or hold a presentation). + +Fake it until you make it. But be honest about your abilities or lack of. There is however only time between now and until you make it. Refer to your abilities to learn. + +Boot camps: The advantage of a boot camp is to pragmatically learn things fast. We almost always overestimate what we can do in a day. Especially during boot camps. Connect to others during the boot camps + +### Set goals + +Your own goals are important but the manager also looks at how the team performs and how someone can help the team perform better. Check whether you are on track with your goals every 2 weeks in order to avoid surprises for the annual review. Make concrete goals for next review. Track and document your progress. Invest in your education. Make your goals known. If you want something, then ask for it. Nobody but you knows what you want. + +### Ratings + +That's a trap: If you have to rate yourself, that's a trap. That never works in an unbiased way. Rate yourself always the best way but rate your weakest part as high as possible minus one point. Rate yourself as good as you can otherwise. Nobody is putting for fun a gun on his own head. + +* Don't do peer rating, it can fire back on you. What if the colleague becomes your new boss? +* Cooperate rankings are unfortunately HR guidelines and politics and only mirror a little your actual performance. + +### Promotions + +The most valuable employees are the ones who make themselves obsolete and automate all away. Keep a safety net of 3 to 6 months of finances. Safe at least 10 percent of your earnings. Also, if you make money it does not mean that you have to spent more money. Is a new car better than a used car which both can bring you from A to B? Liability vs assets. + +* Raise or promotion, what's better? Promotion is better as money will follow anyway then. +* Take projects no-one wants and make them shine. A promotion will follow. +* A promotion is not going to come to you because you deserve it. You have to hunt and ask for it. +* Track all kudos (e.g. ask for emails from your colleagues). +* Big corporations HRs don't expect a figjit. That's why it's so important to keep track of your accomplishments and kudos'. +* If you want a raise be specific how much and know to back your demands. Don't make a thread and no ultimatums. +* Best way for a promotion is to switch jobs. You can even switch back with a better salary. + +### Finish things + +Hard work is necessary for accomplish results. However, work smarter not harder. Furthermore, working smart is not a substitute for working hard. Work both, hard and smart. + +* Learn to finish things without motivation. Things will pay off when you stick to stuff and eventually motivation can also come back. +* You will fail if you don't plan realistically. Set also a schedule and follow to it as of life depends on it. +* Advances come only of you give more than asked. Consistency, commitment and knowing what you need to do is more key than hard work. +* Any action is better than no action. If you get stuck you have gained nothing. +* You need to know the unknowns. Identify as many unknown not known things as possible. + +Hard vs fun: Both engage the brain (video games vs work). Some work is hard and other is easy. Hard work is boring. The harsh truth is you have to put in hard and boring work in order to accomplish and be successful. Work won't be always boring though, as joy will follow with mastery. + +Defeat is finally give up. Failure is the road to success, embrace it. Failure does not define you but how you respond to it. Events don't make your unhappy, but how you react to events do. + +## Expand the empire + +The larger your empire is, the larger your circle of influence is. The larger the circle of influence is, the more opportunities you have. + +* Do the dirty work if you want to expand the empire. That's there the opportunities are. +* SCRUM often fails due to the lack to commitment. The backlog just becomes a wish to get completed. +* Apply work on your quality standards. Don't cross the line of compromise. Always improve your skills. Never be happy being good enough. + +Become visible, keep track that you accomplishments. E.g. write a weekly summary. Do presentations, be seen. Learn new things and share your learnings. Be the problem solver and not the blamer. + +## Be pragmatic and also manage your time + +Make use of time boxing via the Pomodoro technique: Set a target of rounds and track the rounds. That give you exact focused work time. That's really the trick. For example set a goal of 6 daily pomodores. + +* Every time you do something question why does it make sense be pragmatic and don't follow because it is best practice. +* You can also apply the time boxing technique (Cal Newport) for focused deep work. + +You should feel good of the work done even if you don't finished the task. You will feel good about pomodoro wise even you don't finish the task on hand yet. Helps you to enjoy time off more. Working longer may not sell anything. + +### The quota system + +Defined quota of things done. E.g. N runs per week or M Blog posts per month or O pomodoros per week. This helps with consistency. Truly commit to these quotas. Failure is not an option. Start with small commitments. Don't commit to something you can't fulfill otherwise you set yourself up for failure. + +* Why does the quota System work? Slow and consistent pace is the key. It also overcomes willpower weaknesses as goals are preset. +* Internal motivation is more important over external motivation. Check out Daniels book drive. +* Multitasking: Batching is effective. E.g. emails twice daily at pre-set times.. + +### Don't waste time + +The biggest time waster is TV watching. The TV is programming you. It's insane that Americans watch so much TV as they work full time. Schedule one show at a time and watch it when you want to watch it. Most movies are crap anyways. The good movies will come to you as people will talk about them. + +* Social media is time waster as well. Schedule your Social Media times. For example be on Facebook only for max one hour on Saturdays. +* Meetings can waste time as well. Simply don't go to them. Try to cancel meeting if it can be dealt with via email. +* Enjoying things is not a waste of time. E.g. you could still play a game once in a while. It is important not to cut away all you enjoy from your life. + +### Habits + +Try to have as many good habits as possible. Start with easy habits, and make them a little bit more challenging over time. Set ankers and rewards. Over time the routines will become habits naturally. + +Habit stacking is effective, which is combining multiple habits at the same time. For example you can workout on a circular trainer while while watching a learning video on O'Reilly Safari Online while getting closer to your weekly step goal. + +* We don't have control over our habits but our own routines. +* Routines help to form the habits, though. + +# Work-life balance + +Avoid overwork hours. That's not as beneficial as you might think and comes only with very small rewards. Invest rather in yourself and not in your employer. + +* Work-life balance is a myth. Make it so that you enjoy work and your personal life and not just personal life. +* Maintain fewer but good relationships. As a reward, better and integrated your life will be. +* Life in the present Moment. Make the best of every moment of your life. +* Enjoy every aspect of your life. If you want to take away one thing from this book that is it. + +Use your most productive hours to work on you. Make that your priority. Take care of yourself a priority (E.g. do workouts or learn a new language). You can always workout 2 or 1 hour per day, but will you pay the price? + +## Mental health + +* Friendships and positive thinking help to have and maintain better health, longer Life, better productivity and increased happiness. +* Positive thinking can be trained and be a habit. Read the book "The Power of Positive Thinking". +* Stoicism helps. Meditation helps. Playing for fun helps too. + +Become the person you want to become (your self image). Program your brain unconsciously. Don't become the person other people want you to be. Embrace yourself, you are you. + +In most cases burnout is just an illusion. If you don't have motivation push through the wall. People usually don't pass the wall as they feel they are burned out. After pushing through the wall you will have the most fun, for example you will be able playing the guitar greatly. + +## Physical health + +Utilise a standing desk and treadmill (you could walk and type at the same time). Increase the incline in order to burn more calories. Even on the standing desk you burn more calories than sitting. When you use pomodoro then you can use the small breaks for push-ups (maybe won't do as good when you are in a fasted state). + +* You can only do one thing, lose fat or gain muscles. Not both at the same time. +* Train your strength by heavy lifting, but only with a very few repetitions (e.g. 5 max for each exercise, everything over this is body building). +* If you want to increase the muscle mass use medium weights but lift them more often. If you want to increase your endurance lift light weights but with even more reps. +* Avoid highly processed foods + +Intermittent fasting is an effective method to maintain weight and health. But it does not mean that you can only eat junk food in the feeding windows. Also, diet and nutrition is the most important for health and fitness. They make it also easier to stay focused and positive. + +## No drama + +Avoid drama at work. Where are humans there is drama. You can decide where to spent your energy in. But don't avoid conflict. Conflict is healthy in any kind of relationship. Be tactful and state your opinion. The goal is to find the best solution to the problem. + +Don't worry about other people what they do and don't do. You only worry about you. Shut up and get your own things done. But you could help to inspire a not working colleague. + +* During an argument, take the opponent's position and see how your opinion changes. +* If you they to convince someone else it's an argument. Of you try to find the best solution it is a good resolution. +* If someone is hurting the team let the manager know but phrase it nicely. +* How to get rid of a never ending talking person? Set up focus hours officially where you don't want to be interrupted. Present as if it is your defect that you get interrupted easily. +* TOXIC PEOPLE: AVOID THEM. RUN. +* Boss likes if you get shit done without getting asked all the time about things and also without drama. + +You have to learn how to work in a team. Be honest but tactful. It's not too be the loudest but about selling your ideas. Don't argue otherwise you won't sell anything. Be persuasive by finding the common ground. Or lead the colleagues to your idea and don't sell it upfront. Communicate clearly. + +# Personal brand + +* Invest your value outside the company. Build your personal brand. Show how valuable you are, also to other companies. Become an asset. +* Invest in your education. Make your goals known. If you want something ask for it (see also the sections about goals in this document). + +## Market yourself + +* The best way to market yourself is to make you usable. +* Create a brand. Decide your focus. Throw your name out as often as possible. + +Have a blog. Schedule your posts. Consistency beats every other factor. E.g. post once a month a new post. Find your voice, you don't have to sound academic. Keep writing, if you keep it long enough the rewards will be coming. Your own blog can take 5 years to take off. Most people give up too soon. + +* Consistency of your blog is key. Also write quality content. Don't try to be a man of success but try to be a man of value. +* Have an elevator pitch: "buetow.org - Having fun with computers!" +* Have social media accounts, especially the ones which are more tech related. + +## Networking + +Ask people so they talk about themselves. They are not really interested in you. Use meetup.com to find groups you are interested and build up the network over time. Don't drink on social networking events even when others do. Talking to other people at events only has upsides. Just saying "hi" and introducing yourself is enough. What worse can happen? If the person rejects you so what, life goes on. Ask open questions and no "yes" and "no" questions. E.g.: "What is your story, why are you here?". + +## Public speaking + +Before your talk go on stage 10 minutes in advance. Introduce yourself to the front row people. During the talk they will smile at you and encourage you during your talk. + +* Try at least 5 times before giving up public speaking. You can also start small, e.g. present a topic at work you are learning. +* Practise your talk and timing. You can also record your practicing. + +Just do it. Just go to conferences. Even if you are not speaking. Sell your boss what you would learn and "this and that" and you would present the learnings to the team afterwards. + +# New job + +## For the interview + +* Build up a network before the interview. E.g., follow and comment blogs. Or go to meet-ups and conferences. Join user groups. +* Ask to touch base before the real interview and ask questions about the company. Do "pre-interviews". +* Have a blog, a CV can only be 2 pages and an interview only can last only 2 hours. A blog helps you also to be a better communicator. + +If you are specialized then there is a better chance to get a fitting job. No one will hire a general lawyer if there are specialized lawyers available. Even if you are specialized, you will have a wide range of skills (T-shape knowledge). + +## Find the right type of company + +Not all companies are equal. They have individual cultures and guidelines. + +* Startup: dynamic and larger impact. Many hats on. +* Medium size companies: most stable ones. Not cutting edge technologies. No crazy working hours. +* Large company: very established with a lot of structure however constant layoffs and restructurings. Less impact you can have. Complex politics. +* Working for yourself: This is harder than you think, probably much harder. + +Work in a tech. company if you want to work on/with cutting edge technologies. + +## Apply for the new job + +Get a professional resume writer. Get referrals of writers and get samples from there. Get sufficient with algorithm and data structures interview questions. Cracking the coding interview book and blog + +* Apply for each job with a specialised CV each. Each CV fits the job better. +* Best get a job via a personal referral or inbound marketing. The latter is somehow rare. +* Inbound marketing is for example someone responds to your blog and offers you a job. +* Interview the interviewer. Be persistent. +* Create creative looking resumes, see simple programmer website. Action-result style for a resume. + +Invest in your dress code as appearance masters. It does make sense to invest in your style. You could even hire a professional stylist (not my personal way though). + +## Negotiation + +* Whoever names the number first loses. You don't know what someone else is expecting unless told. Low ball number may be an issue but you have to know the market. +* Salary is not about what you need but what you are worth. Try to find out what you are worth. +* Big tech companies have a pay scale. You can ask for this. +* Don't tell your current salary. Only do one counter offer and say "If you do X then I commit today". Be tactful and not rude. Nobody wants to be taken advantage of. Also, don't be arrogant. +* If the company wants to know your range, respond: "I would rather learn more about the job and compensation. You have a range in mind, correct?" Be brave and just pause here. +* Otherwise, if the company refuses then say "if you tell me what the range is and although I am not yet sure yet what are my exact salary requirements are I can see if the range is of what I am looking for. If they absolute refuse give a high ball range you would expect and make it conditional to the overall compensation package. E.g. 70k to 100k depending on the compensation package. THE LOW END SHOULD BE YOUR REAL LOW END. Play a little bit of hardball here and be brave. Practise it. +* Put 10 percent on top of the salary range into a counter offer. +* Everything is negotiable, not only the salary. +* Job markup rate: Check it regarding the recruitment rate negotiation. +* Don't make a rushed decision based on deadlines. Make a fairly high counter offer shortly before deadline. +* You should also cope with rejections while selling yourself. There is no such thing as job security. + * Embrace uncertainty (stoic mindset). Take it as a natural part of life. +* Never spilt the difference is the best book for learning negotiation techniques.. + +## Leaving the old job + +When leaving a job make a clean and non personal as possible. Never complain and never explain. Don't worry about abandonment of the team. Everybody is replacement and you make a business decision. Don't threaten to quit as you are replaceable. + +# Other things + +* As a leader lead by example and don't lead from the Eiffel tower. +* As a leader you are responsible for the team. If the team fails then it's your fault only. + +## Testing + +Unit testing Vs regression testing: Unit tests test the smallest possible unit and get rewritten if the unit gets changed. It's like programming against a specification n. Regression tests test whether the software still works after the change. Now you know more than most software engineers. + +## Books to read + +* Clean Code +* Code Complete +* Cracking the Interview - Lessons and Solutions. +* Daniels Book "Drive" (about internal and external motivation) +* God's degree (inventor of Dilbert) +* Head first Design Patterns +* How to win Friends and influence People +* Never Split the Difference [X] +* Structure and programming functional programs +* The obstacle is the way [X] +* The passionate programmer +* The Power of Positive Thinking (Highly religious - I personally don't like it) +* The Pragmatic Programmer [X] +* The war of Art (to combat procrastination) +* Willpower Instinct + +E-Mail your comments to `paul@nospam.buetow.org` :-) + +Other book notes of mine are: + +[2025-06-07 "A Monk's Guide to Happiness" book notes](./a-monks-guide-to-happiness.md) +[2025-04-19 "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" book notes](./when.md) +[2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes](./staff-engineer.md) +[2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes](./the-stoic-challenge.md) +[2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes](./slow-productivity.md) +[2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes](./mind-management.md) +[2023-07-17 "Software Developmers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes (You are currently reading this)](./career-guide-and-soft-skills.md) +[2023-05-06 "The Obstacle is the Way" book notes](./the-obstacle-is-the-way.md) +[2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes](./never-split-the-difference.md) +[2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes](./the-pragmatic-programmer.md) + [Back to the main site](../) diff --git a/notes/index.md b/notes/index.md index 1781236a..dbc9be4a 100644 --- a/notes/index.md +++ b/notes/index.md @@ -23,6 +23,31 @@ ['Eat That Frog' book notes](./eat-that-frog.md) ['Software Developmers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes](./career-guide-and-soft-skills.md) ['A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes](./a-monks-guide-to-happiness.md) +# Notes on foo.zone + +## To be in the .zone! + +['When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' book notes](./when.md) +['The Stoic Challenge' book notes](./the-stoic-challenge.md) +['Science of Living' book notes](./the-science-of-living.md) +['The Pragmatic Programmer' book notes](./the-pragmatic-programmer.md) +['The Power of Neuroplasticity' book notes](./the-power-of-neuroplasticity.md) +['The Obstacle is the Way' book notes](./the-obstacle-is-the-way.md) +['Staff Engineer' book notes](./staff-engineer.md) +['Slow Productivity' book notes](./slow-productivity.md) +['Site Reliability Engineering' book notes](./site-reliability-engineering.md) +['Search Inside Yourself' book notes](./search-inside-yourself.md) +['Never split the difference' book notes](./never-split-the-difference.md) +['Mind Management' book notes](./mind-management.md) +['Mental Combat' book notes](./mental-combat.md) +['Love People, Use Things' book notes](./love-people-use-things.md) +['Joy On Domand' book notes](./joy-on-demand.md) +['Influence without Authority' book notes](./influence-wihout-authority.md) +['Implementing Service Level Objectives' book notes](./implementing-service-level-objectives.md) +['Fluent Forever' book notes](./fluent-forever.md) +['Eat That Frog' book notes](./eat-that-frog.md) +['Software Developmers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes](./career-guide-and-soft-skills.md) +['A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes](./a-monks-guide-to-happiness.md) ['97 Things Every SRE Should Know' book notes](./97-things-every-sre-should-know.md) That were all notes. Hope they were useful! diff --git a/notes/search-inside-yourself.md b/notes/search-inside-yourself.md index 86e4fc5c..eca091aa 100644 --- a/notes/search-inside-yourself.md +++ b/notes/search-inside-yourself.md @@ -40,34 +40,6 @@ * [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ 1. Emotional Awareness](#1-emotional-awareness) * [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ 2. Accurate Self-Assessment](#2-accurate-self-assessment) * [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ 3. Self-Confidence](#3-self-confidence) -* [⇢ ⇢ Developing Self-Awareness](#developing-self-awareness) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Body Scan](#body-scan) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Scan for Emotion](#scan-for-emotion) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Journaling](#journaling) -* [⇢ ⇢ My Emotions Are Not Me](#my-emotions-are-not-me) -* [⇢ ⇢ Riding Your Emotions Like a Horse](#riding-your-emotions-like-a-horse) -* [⇢ ⇢ Self-Regulation](#self-regulation) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Practice of Letting Go](#practice-of-letting-go) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Know When You Are Not in Pain](#know-when-you-are-not-in-pain) -* [⇢ ⇢ Dealing with Triggers](#dealing-with-triggers) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Siberian North Railroad](#siberian-north-railroad) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Siberian North Railroad Practice](#siberian-north-railroad-practice) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ When You Get Triggered:](#when-you-get-triggered) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Creating Willingness to Experience and Accept the Emotions:](#creating-willingness-to-experience-and-accept-the-emotions) -* [⇢ ⇢ Making Friends with Emotions](#making-friends-with-emotions) -* [⇢ ⇢ Pleasure, Passion, and Higher Purpose](#pleasure-passion-and-higher-purpose) -* [⇢ ⇢ Motivation in Three Easy Steps](#motivation-in-three-easy-steps) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Alignment: Having Fun for a Living](#alignment-having-fun-for-a-living) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Flow](#flow) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose](#autonomy-mastery-purpose) -* [⇢ ⇢ Envisioning](#envisioning) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Discovering My Ideal Future](#discovering-my-ideal-future) -* [⇢ ⇢ Resilience](#resilience) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Meditation on Resilience](#meditation-on-resilience) -* [⇢ ⇢ Cognitive Resilience](#cognitive-resilience) -* [⇢ ⇢ Empathy](#empathy) -* [⇢ ⇢ Creating Mental Habits](#creating-mental-habits) -* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Just Like Me / Loving Kindness Practice](#just-like-me--loving-kindness-practice) * # "Search Inside Yourself" book notes > Last updated 23.7.2024 diff --git a/uptime-stats.md b/uptime-stats.md index af3db4e3..dee925c5 100644 --- a/uptime-stats.md +++ b/uptime-stats.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # My machine uptime stats -> This site was last updated at 2025-06-22T19:03:14+03:00 +> This site was last updated at 2025-06-22T19:12:10+03:00 The following stats were collected via `uptimed` on all of my personal computers over many years and the output was generated by `guprecords`, the global uptime records stats analyser of mine. |