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"Bikeshedding" is a potentially confusing term, we should discuss possible options for alternative names
December 19, 2024 at 4:46 PM
I just completed "Warehouse Woes" - Day 15 - Advent of Code 2024. I also got a nice animation out of it. I didn't capture the animation of Part 1 but you can run this yourself. Get it from my GitHub. #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/15
December 15, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Today's challenge was interesting. It was vague and that left me wondering how I would ever find this. Heuristics to the rescue!

I just completed "Restroom Redoubt" - Day 14 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/14
December 14, 2024 at 9:25 PM
I just completed "Claw Contraption" - Day 13 - Advent of Code 2024. Because I used math rather than brute force, the part 2 of this problem was no challenge. I will push this code late today or tomorrow as it is still morning. #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/13
Day 13 - Advent of Code 2024
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December 13, 2024 at 12:49 PM
I just completed "Garden Groups" - Day 12 - Advent of Code 2024. Another exercise made difficult because of map based structures. But that's a good exercise. #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/12
Day 12 - Advent of Code 2024
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December 13, 2024 at 2:54 AM
I just completed "Plutonian Pebbles" - Day 11 - Advent of Code 2024. This was one where the part 2 was deceptively difficult. It would have worked if I had a computer with lots and lots of RAM. After various approaches to break memory usage, I went with DP. #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/11
Day 11 - Advent of Code 2024
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December 12, 2024 at 4:27 AM
I just completed "Hoof It" - Day 10 - Advent of Code 2024. This was a fun one. And I simply had to remove a few lines of code to get the answer for part 2. I was surprised it worked on the first try. #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/10
Day 10 - Advent of Code 2024
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December 12, 2024 at 12:48 AM
I just completed "Disk Fragmenter" - Day 9 - Advent of Code 2024. Another difficult one, especially because I had to change my assumptions for part 2. The code is here: github.com/hussainweb/a... #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/9
Day 9 - Advent of Code 2024
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December 11, 2024 at 4:47 AM
I updated my nix-starter-configs repository with the latest releases of home-manager and nix-darwin. Along with this, I updated the state version (this means you have to be careful when updating your own config). I also removed some deprecations. Find the config here: github.com/hussainweb/n...
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December 10, 2024 at 1:53 PM
I just completed "Resonant Collinearity" - Day 8 - Advent of Code 2024. This was a fun one and this is what the map looks like in the end. #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/8
December 10, 2024 at 4:05 AM
I just completed "Bridge Repair" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/7

This one was a challenge. I think I took over an hour for this.
Day 7 - Advent of Code 2024
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December 9, 2024 at 8:49 PM
I just completed "Print Queue" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/5
December 5, 2024 at 5:55 AM
I just completed "Ceres Search" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/4
December 5, 2024 at 3:18 AM
#AdventOfCoffee Day 1 - Coffee from Colombia

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December 4, 2024 at 6:15 PM
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Tomorrow at 12PM ET / 17:00 UTC Michelle Irvine, co-author of this year's report, will join the DORA Community to present on the findings about Developer Experience.

Join the mailing list at dora.community for details on joining the meeting.

#DORA #GBGB #DORACommunity #DevEx
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December 4, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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Tomorrow at 6PM the Platform Engineering New York (PENY) Meetup will meet. Great topics on the agenda including an Overview of Platform Engineering findings from the 2024 DORA Report by James Brookbank.

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#DORA #PlatformEngineering #Meetup
December 3, 2024 at 11:00 PM
I just completed "Mull It Over" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/3
December 3, 2024 at 11:37 PM
We know that placing blame in a team does not help. But why? What happens when we place blame on an individual rather than take accountability as a group or as a leader? This ends up hurting us the most in the long run. This, and more at youtu.be/PmNvZ0UXIYs
Highlights from Take Command, Hidden Potential, Principles, Kill It With Fire, and more...
Here are some timestamps to quickly jump to different topics:- Responding to negative thoughts (00:10)- Consider the impact-fails in our own control (02:32)-...
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May 13, 2024 at 6:43 PM
We know that we learn from mistakes. We learn more from failing than succeeding. But it goes deeper than that. Even intentionally making mistakes leads to better learning. They are our best lessons. That's how we learn good judgment. This, and more at youtu.be/RwadbFsJKFs
Highlights from Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge, Hidden Potential, The Earned Life, and more
Here are some timestamps to quickly jump to different topics: - Pragmatism is more important than accuracy (00:32) - We make fewer mistakes when we're encouraged to make them (01:46) - Our best lessons spring from mistakes (03:40) - The effect of "lean" manufacturing (04:17) - We're chemically designed to be courageous (06:12) - What makes a culture of any organization (07:51) - We want things to serve one purpose only (10:26) - Learning good judgment (13:00) - Checklist to make a good decision (14:19) - Asking for help makes them feel good (15:40) In these videos, I go through my Readwise highlights (there are 10 every day) and talk about their context and meaning as much as possible. Join Readwise using this link: https://readwise.io/i/hussain93 (each of us gets a free month) The books from which I reviewed quotes today are below. - Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge https://amzn.to/48O9W6v - Hidden Potential https://amzn.to/3SgKktL - Tomorrowmind https://amzn.to/3Sf3Mpi - Lessons in Chemistry https://amzn.to/3Qso2Ut - Get It Done https://amzn.to/3OaULfI - Clear Thinking https://amzn.to/3uabol1 - The Earned Life https://amzn.to/3NZCOk6 - Feel-Good Productivity https://amzn.to/42mO7ZY Other books I mentioned: - A Mind for Numbers https://amzn.to/4a65Ve2 - Anthro-Vision https://amzn.to/4a3aUvY 00:00 Intro 00:32 1 - Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge 01:46 2 - Hidden Potential 03:40 3 - Tomorrowmind 04:17 4 - Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge 06:12 5 - Lessons in Chemistry 07:51 6 - Hidden Potential 10:26 7 - Get It Done 13:00 8 - Clear Thinking 14:19 9 - The Earned Life 15:40 10 - Feel-Good Productivity 17:04 Closing Note: I may earn a commission when you buy anything from the above links.
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May 3, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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You can argue about whether it’s better to duel with swords or guns. With swords, you’re more likely to get cut, but with guns you have to step away and then turn and fire.

I don’t know if we’ll ever resolve this age old debate of stabs vs paces.

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s a decision that has parents wondering, ‘What was she thinking?’ after a lawsuit claims a teacher brought swords to school to have students fig…
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February 28, 2024 at 3:26 PM
We easily get bored by the boring. We forget that boring can remain to be highly relevant. It has become boring for a reason: it is reliable. Sometimes, we have to stop chasing the shiny and pick something that just works. I talk about this and more at youtu.be/gSKFdsEzR8Q
Highlights from Feel-Good Productivity, Kill It With Fire, Bittersweet, Team Topologies, and more...
Here are some timestamps to quickly jump to different topics:- "Good enough" technology wins (00:19)- Anything negative impacts us more than positive (02:31)...
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January 30, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Admitting failure is our most difficult challenge in this society. We can't say it straight: "I failed at this." Euphemisms like lessons and learnings try to hide the failure when it is the source. This makes us avoid failure leading to perfectionism. I talk about this and more youtu.be/XDfWmbIbPPQ
Highlights from Get It Done, The Earned Life, The 6 Types of Working Genius, Clear Thinking and more
Here are some timestamps to quickly jump to different topics:- Your people are your advantage (00:16)- Removing the stigma of "failure" (00:41)- Openness to ...
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January 25, 2024 at 2:38 PM
We obsess with happiness and we obsess with avoiding failure. We look down on the losers but they are the ones who learn and succeed. To avoid failure, we set unrealistic commitments for the reliability of systems. I discuss failure, learning, and more at youtu.be/6OyDdJSypyk
Highlights from Bittersweet, Kill It With Fire, Range, Get It Done, Getting Things Done, and more...
Here are some timestamps to quickly jump to different topics:- The word "loser" has lost our sympathy (00:19)- Our obsession with happiness ruins us (01:55)-...
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January 19, 2024 at 2:38 PM
It's all about the people. Our character skills differentiate us from machines just following precise instructions. How we work with people drives success, not how we work with machines. I discuss this topic and others at youtu.be/m1uiqhpe1Hg
Highlights from The Song of Significance, Wrong Fit Right Fit, Hidden Potential, and more...
Here are some timestamps to quickly jump to different topics:- Inter-faith dependence in Jerusalem (00:17)- Evaluating our right fit is a daily choice (01:36...
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January 11, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Ask the "why" question to yourself. We often do things on autopilot either because we see others do something and we fear being left behind or because we were simply told to. Finding the "why" makes all the difference. I discuss this topic and others at youtu.be/KksqjRz3W38
Highlights from The Earned Life, Clear Thinking, Hidden Potential, The Well-Lived Life, and more...
Here are some timestamps to quickly jump to different topics:- Low mood is not just in your head (00:15)- Collective intelligence = Individual Creativity + C...
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January 4, 2024 at 5:17 PM