Weekly Notes
A new (old) blog, a weekend trip to Prague, and a few fervent tweets...
A new (old) blog, a weekend trip to Prague, and a few fervent tweets...
A New (Old) blog
This week, I released my new blog (the one you are reading right now). I have moved back to Ghost. I tried my best to keep a version based on statically-generated content, and Jekyll is really good for this, but at one point, fiddling around with the blog became too much. I have been looking for an option that would let me write and create content at any time and at any place. Ghost is by far the most frictionless blogging platform I have used.
I have checked out a few hosting options, including Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure, but nothing really beats the simplicity and ease of maintenance of DigitalOcean's One-Click Ghost option.
A Weekend Trip to Prague
During the weekend, I took a trip to Prague, my third overall, and the first one during the winter. As always, I remained mesmerized by the city, and would like to return to it many more times, even live there for a longer period of time. The rest of my impressions, I have shared in a separate post.
A Few Fervent Tweets
This week, I was particularly active on Twitter:
Admit that you’re a bunch of human beings that also do and tolerate mistakes. Don’t try to pretend that people are flawless, but instead involve the person in a problem that you’re currently facing. This will also be a perfect opportunity to see how one reasons about things. https://t.co/FD6xgZNP7y
— Preslav Rachev (@preslavrachev) December 5, 2018
IMO, being a manager with an engineering background is a very tough position. You’re constantly being challenged by your engineering side, to think of the product in ways that your managerial side, resp. the client, wouldn’t, and probably shouldn’t be concerned with. https://t.co/E1izOKJ53j
— Preslav Rachev (@preslavrachev) December 4, 2018
What others would often consider time-wasting activities, I tend to call life-prolonging. Like, purposefully taking the longer route to a place, just for the sake of walking. For all the sport we do to improve our fitness, daily life pushes back with sitting behind the desk.
— Preslav Rachev (@preslavrachev) December 4, 2018