In my career, I've had the pleasure of working with and consulting with a lot of companies. As I'm sure we can all relate, there's a demand to improve productivity. As one digs deeper, I quite often encounter a lack of accountability, which stems…
Anxiety? Depression? Restless? No Energy? Stuck in a fog? Yes, men and women! This isn't some tale about the AI-generated water I drink daily, or the fleet of 33 cars I've amassed from passive income, all thanks to selling photos of my ears online at OnlyEars.…
I lived in Holland and Beligum around 2000, and came across a poem called "Het Station" (The Station [No clue as to the Author or true Origins]). The message is absolutely beautiful and something I often refer to and talk about with my family as we run through…
Total Lego sets I’ve built: 1,298,398 Total Lego sets I’ve played with: 0. At ten years old, amidst memories of Knight Rider, A-Team, and AirWolf, a vivid memory stands out: our forever silent, "broken" lawnmowers. Drawn to our garage each day, I sought to…
It was a late night in 2012, phone blowing up with texts. "The wheels have come off the wagon!" My business partner was losing it while I was at the gym. Rushed home, jumped on the computer, and found the problem. I had configured an AWS LoadBalancer wrong.…
The number of times someone has mentioned CAP Theorem to me unprompted? I can count them on one finger. One. In 25+ years. Six years ago. Story time. It was an interview candidate. They brought it up and I nearly knocked my Liquid Death over. We talked about it for…
I have exerted every effort to evade the progression to today, yet here I am, confronting the very moment I sought to avoid. There I was alive, yet barely clinging to the fragile thread of life—a broken silhouette against the harsh asphalt. On February 1st, 2023, my world crashed…
Given on December 2, 2014 Please bare with me - I mask my emotions through humor. Since I can remember, every so often my mom would always ask me to share a fond memory of something she did with me. Being one who hates feelings or sharing anything emotional, I…