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Failure is a Teacher; Success, a Deceiver

tldr;

Dec 3, 2020

Failure is a Teacher; Success, a Deceiver

Dec 3, 2020

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All the Small Things: How mastering small things are the key to mastering big things

Gravity operates equally on the apple as the heavenly bodies. The same little force that nonchalantly plucks the apple to the ground is…

Nov 13, 2020

All the Small Things: How mastering small things are the key to mastering big things

Nov 13, 2020

Daniel Villa

Remote Music Studio Recording Setup in 6 Steps

With lockdowns and ever increasing virtual world, I wanted a solution to record music with my bro. Producing our last album, The Great…

Oct 19, 2020

Remote Music Studio Recording Setup in 6 Steps

Oct 19, 2020

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Tips for Understanding Retrospective Data

A developers rant

Aug 20, 2020

Tips for Understanding Retrospective Data

Aug 20, 2020

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Harnessing the Power of Hackathons

While there seems to be a lot written on the subject of public hackathons I would like to reflect for a moment on the benefits of internal…

Jul 14, 2020

Harnessing the Power of Hackathons

Jul 14, 2020

Daniel Villa

The Obvious Thing about Behavior Change

Self-control is a short term strategy, not a long term one. - Clear, J. (2018). The Secret to Self Control in Atomic Habits

Jun 23, 2020

The Obvious Thing about Behavior Change

Jun 23, 2020

Daniel Villa

The Road of Tiny Habits that lead to Code-topia

Who would even write code like that?

Jun 4, 2020

The Road of Tiny Habits that lead to Code-topia

Jun 4, 2020

Daniel Villa

Building Bash Helper Functions to manage ENVs

As a consultant, one of the things I run into is needing to manage multiple environments for my CLI tools. Thankfully, tools like helm and…

May 20, 2020

Building Bash Helper Functions to manage ENVs

May 20, 2020

Daniel Villa

The Dichotomy of Discipline in Software Development

While increased discipline most often results in more freedom, there are some teams that become so restricted by imposed discipline that…

May 8, 2020

The Dichotomy of Discipline in Software Development

May 8, 2020

Daniel Villa

Decision Making in Uncertain Times

Leaders must be able to make decisions promptly, then be ready to adjust those decisions quickly based on evolving situations and new…

May 1, 2020

Decision Making in Uncertain Times

May 1, 2020

Daniel Villa

Daniel Villa

I am a software developer, manager, and doer. When I’m not wrangling my kids or watching shows with my wife I play music or read self-optimization books.

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