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February 10, 2021

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here are the latest posts from my blog. I’m interested to hear what you think at @mkrcah on Twitter. Or just hit reply to this email.

Resolving conflicts peacefully and powerfully #process
I'm moved by the works of Marshall Rosenberg. In the book Living Nonviolent Communication, Marshall tells a story of how he mediated peace negotiations between two African tribes at violent war.

Making hard decisions later #engineering
Today, a colleague of mine recommended a short video by Jonathan Blow, an acclaimed developer in the gaming industry. Jonathan mentions that sometimes it is better to make a hard decision later in the project rather than sooner.

I'm glad for using 1Password #tools
In the past month, two things happened to me that made me realize how glad I'm for using a password manager.

Tracking hours with Clockify, fzf, jq and awk #tools
For the current project, I need to track hours in Clockify. But as I was opening the webpage and filling in the hours, I felt dispassionate. So I decided to turn this activity into a joyful one.

Shell scripts vs. Python/Javascript scripts #tools
Today at work, we discussed when to write a script in shell and when in a language such as Python or Javascript.

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