On keeping things small
The best systems I've kept running for years all share one trait: they're boring, and they do one thing. Every time I add cleverness I pay for it at 2am.
unpolished thoughts, kept mostly for me.
A personal corner of the web. I write here to think, not to publish. If you stumbled in, hello — there isn't much to see, and that's the point.
The best systems I've kept running for years all share one trait: they're boring, and they do one thing. Every time I add cleverness I pay for it at 2am.
A backup you haven't restored from is a rumor. Spent an afternoon actually restoring one this week — found two silent gaps I'd never have noticed.
Stopped checking anything with a screen before coffee. The work is the same; the day feels twice as long.