PinnedYour mind as a coalition of social virusesIn my previous article, I talked about behaviors as social viruses that copy themselves into us, what they’re made of, and what it says…Dec 10, 2023Dec 10, 2023
On art and gamificationIf you were like me in high school, you fantasized about having a bed in class just for you so you could sleep while everyone else did…Jul 7Jul 7
The anatomy of a social virusHow many times, after taking an oversized risk, did you ask yourself ‘why did I do that’? Why did you agree to that medical procedure? Why…Oct 18, 2023Oct 18, 2023
Maximizing your usefulness: how to make your coworkers more usefulProblem: A coworker did some work and it looks like code. He did not do anything wrong, because he codes for a living. The problem is that…Oct 11, 2023Oct 11, 2023
ACID, MVCC, and how PostgreSQL handles concurrent queriesOne thing almost everyone knows about is SQL. Even people who don’t program have heard of the declarative tool used to store and look up…Jun 15, 2020Jun 15, 2020
How node actually works, part 1: the operating systemWhen talking about how node works, people talk about single threaded, non-blocking, asynchronous event loop. But every program has to talk…Jan 13, 2020Jan 13, 2020
