New chapter: Irregular Reveries on Substack
Hello everyone, I've decided to create a new non-technical blog: Irregular Reveries on Substack. My old shime.sh will now be used only for technical...
That which is familiar, becomes invisible
That which is familiar, becomes invisible By Willy Eisenschitz As any writer, painter, designer or software developer worth their salt would tell you,...
On discipline and freedom
On discipline and freedom Sorry for not writing sooner. I’ve been heads down and developing a new product that I’m going to launch soon (I’ll notify you when...
Good habits affect us, but we forget
Good habits affect us, but we forget I’m back. As you might’ve noticed, I’ve stopped the practice of publishing every week. I’ve decided to stop putting out...
Reflections on three months of note rafting
I had a bike accident yesterday, which taught me how quickly an accident can happen. It’s easy to get too confident in your skills when accidents happen so...
Putting the ego on the line
I’ve recently joined Echo and Narcissus Writing Club, and I love the experience so far. I’ve chosen Paul Graham as my Narcissus, and I’m currently analyzing...
Reproducing a bug in the lowest test level possible
Since we went on a long bike ride yesterday, I’m happy with how I’ve spent the weekend. Getting away from screens is an ideal way to spend free time when...
Thoughts on debugging
I've recently discovered Beau Haan's note-taking method in Roam of heavily using blocks instead of pages. Although I've been using Roam for a while, I still...
Writing before programming
To be honest, nothing exciting happened this week. I’m not feeling that productive lately, and I’m trying not to be too harsh towards myself because of this....
Morning Pages are the wastewater
I hope you are enjoying these holidays and spending some quality time with your loved ones. I've taken a couple of days off to have some rest. Although it...
Thoughts on social media
I am still getting used to the new place. What I love the most about is that I now have a room of my own, where I can focus on writing. This week, I’ve...
The story of a ringing bell
Since I've moved this week, I didn't write as much as I would like to. It turns out moving everything by yourself takes a lot of time and energy, and we have...
Silencing others to hear yourself
This past week was one of the most stressful weeks in a long time. It’s a miracle we’ve managed to get any work done while so many repairmen were coming in...
Books for depth, articles for breadth
Although I don't work on Fridays, a serious performance issue with SQL has changed that, at least for this last Friday. We display a bunch of data on...
Use Zettelkasten to write articles
A friend told me that he misses my short updates at the start of the newsletter, so here goes. I've recently added self-hosted comments to the blog. I'd like...
Stop thinking what others would like to read
Stop thinking what others would like to read As a writer, you can fall into the trap of thinking about your readers too much. Will they like what you write?...
Meetings vs documents
Since I've promised to send the newsletter on the 15th, I want to give an update. Instead of writing a newsletter as a separate thing from my blog (a shadow...
Regular Reveries 33: The Last Weekly Issue
This is not a regular newsletter issue, but just an update. After some deliberation, I've decided to change the frequency of the newsletter. Instead of...
Regular Reveries 32: 2021, Build Aspirins for Friends, Self-Reliance, and Thoreau
2020 showing 2021 around the workplace It looks like we don't have anything good in store for 2021. A week hadn't passed, and the US already had a coup...
Regular Reveries 31: New Year, Writing Weekly, Play, Conversation, and Question vs. Answer
Happy New Year! I hope it will be better than 2020 and that the pandemic will be over soon. The bar is very low. Hopefully, life will get back to normal as...