Distance is seriously strange. Yesterday on the southern coast of Spain, at an Italian restaurant run by a German, I had tiramisu, because I’ve never had tiramisu this close to Italy. People laughed, because Spain is farther from Italy than Germany or Poland (geographically) – but for food purposes it’s closer, right? Geographic distance is … Read moreDistance outside of maps
Today at J on the Beach, Helena Edelson talked about a lot of things that Akka can do for event streaming, microservices, generally handling a lot of data and keeping it (eventually) consistent across great distances. With opt-in causal consistency! I am amazed by how hard it is to have consistent causality and data across … Read morePredictability is hard, surprises are everywhere
Today Avdi tweeted about this lovely article debunking “strong ideas, loosely held”.The gist is, yo! stop talking like you’re sure about stuff. It makes it hard for other people to chime in, and it anchors you, making it hard to let go of your opinion.The simple trick is to quantify your certainty, below 100%. “I’m … Read moreStrong Opinions Strongly Overrated