rethinking the stand up meeting

2021-06-16

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~4 min read

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727 words

In a Scrum / Agile workflow, one of the most important meetings of the day is the daily Scrum / Stand Up. It’s also one that’s so easy to…

humility

2021-06-14

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~3 min read

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426 words

Recently, I came across two great reminders about the role of humility and how that is often a difficult balance to strike - particularly in…

grep: returning multiple lines

2021-06-07

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~2 min read

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269 words

I often find myself grepping files to quickly find data. Often times, however, I am as interested in the lines surrounding the one where I…

installing scheme in 2021

2021-06-06

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~1 min read

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116 words

To follow along with Professor Brian Harvey’s Computer Science 61A lectures, I needed Scheme installed. While I believe Professor Harvey…

empty your cup

2021-06-03

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~2 min read

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352 words

To “empty your cup” is an idiom referencing a conversation between a scholar Tokusan (also called Te-shan Hsuan-chien, 782-865) and Zen…

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