Ian Alas

A stream of conscientiousness.

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Meet in the Middle

A solution for dealing with one-sided relationships.

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Singles Awareness Day

A lesson on gratitude from hardboiled eggs.

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In A Perfect Universe, You Wouldn’t Exist

On physics, symmetry, and unfathomable luck.

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Is it better to be loving than to be right?

I’ve never regretted being loving, but there are plenty of times I’ve regretted being right.

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10 Tricks to Appear Smart During Meetings

Here are my ten favorite tricks for quickly appearing smart during meetings.

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A primer about technical debt, legacy code, big rewrites and ancient wisdom for non technical managers

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The morning after I was raped, I thought I could create another story

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