Cultures of Cooperation
Google's layoffs is eroding a culture of cooperation that took decades to build.
Intermission - Q1 of 2025
Hate can be suppressed temporarily, but cannot be contained for too long.
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation: An anecdote
Intrinsic motivation is always better than extrinsic motivation. But not as good as it is when one is motivated both intrinsically and extrinsically.
Buffer Bloat
In networking, adding too much buffering to intermediate network devices introduce unnecessary delays. The trade-off is that bursty traffic will have the appearance of getting through faster. But in reality, the speed of the network is still the same. Data just takes longer to get through.
Fourteen Years
More reflections from foureteen years at Google.
I Moved This Blog To Eleventy
Proof of Work
Working with a poorly thought-out, or overengineered technology stack, or an overly bureaucratic organization is also a form of proof-of-work.
How to Solve a Problem in Three Steps
If you don't know what a refridgerator is nor what an elephant is you are likely to think that opening the door, putting the elephant in, and closing the door is a viable strategy for putting an elephant in the refridgerator.
Asian Is Not a Useful Category
Asking if someone is "Asian" in a question of ethnicity or demographics or pretty much any context is bad. There is no reasonable conclusion you can arrive at about a person based on the fact that they are "Asian".