“The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms” - Socrates. Probably. The early biblical account of humanity uniting to build a city and tower on the Shinar plains of ancient Mesopotamia has made the "Tower of Babel" an enduring reminder of the difficulties of achieving a common
“Man’s desire to build something that will outlast him is the true wonder behind every wonder" — Anonymous There’s a famous scene in Fawlty Towers where Basil Fawlty’s car refuses to start. At first he employs standard practice in such a situation: turn the key, turn it
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.”— Vladimir Lenin AI – wow! Just Google It I can recall precisely two times in almost 3 decades of technology work where I’ve experienced a step-change in my work process. There have been plenty that I would
“Brevity is the soul of wit” - William Shakespeare, Hamlet “I'm temporarily departing this establishment in order to acquire a more suitably reinforced transportation vehicle capable of facilitating my immediate objective of re-entry through your currently locked access point, at which time I will resume this interaction with
"Speak, friend, and enter" - West-gate of Moria I loved watching The Krypton Factor in the late 80's. It was a series I remember as a child where contestants were put through a gauntlet of physical endurance, mental agility, logic puzzles, and bizarrely specific problem-solving challenges.
"What do we really know, of all there is to know?" - Mark Abrahams One of the frequent challenges we face in software development is just how uncertain everything is. From choosing frameworks to designing architectures, making trade-offs to deciding on variable names, there are often no “perfect”
“What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” - Ecclesiastes 1:9 I love time looping stories. Groundhog Day is not only the best romantic comedy ever made—that being a reasonably low bar to hurdle—but
"In the beginning, God created" - The Bible, first line Starting something can feel overwhelming and exhilarating at the same time. Whether that's building a deck, composing a pitch deck, initializing a new git repository, or writing the first paragraph of a blog, it's