Victoria Drake @victoria@mastodon.technology

That’s me in the corner, losing all my browser tabs ‘cause I hit Ctrl+Q (https://victoria.dev/neofeed/thats-me-in.../)

Git branching for small teams: https://victoria.dev/blog/git-branching-for-small-teams/

Egocentric bias is the best bias (https://victoria.dev/neofeed/egocentric-bias-is.../)

Egocentric biases are the best biases. (https://victoria.dev/neofeed/egocentric-biases-are/)

As a technologist, developer, and writer, the existence of the Referer header will never cease to bother me. (https://victoria.dev/neofeed/as-a-technologist/)

More information is more often more useless than you think. (https://victoria.dev/neofeed/more-information-is/)

MONDAY MOTIVATION Run echo $COLUMNS $LINES in your terminal and this is how many product iterations your startup will make and how much you’ll exit for, in billions (https://victoria.dev/neofeed/monday-motivation-run/)

It’s the year 2025. All words are five letters long. Wordle 214 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 (https://victoria.dev/neofeed/its-the-year/)

Always too many adapters, never the one you need.

The technologists' curse. (https://victoria.dev/neofeed/technologists-curse/)

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Resist being tempted by the Shiny New {Tool,Technology,Thing}. The path to solving real problems is often the boring one. 002. (https://victoria.dev/neofeed/resist-being-tempted/)

@nurinoas Very thoughtful! Who knows what the future holds. In a way, virtual people are already here!

Thank you, I’m glad you like my blog! I describe how it’s built here: https://victoria.dev/site/

In 2022, start a blog. Come 2023, you’ll be glad you did. (https://victoria.dev/neofeed/in-2022-start/)

Three small steps for increasing your future leadership options in the technology space. Maintain breadth of knowledge. You don’t need to deeply understand everything (you can’t possibly, anyway) but do deeply understand new things in your specific field or niche.
Broadly understand new things in the general tech space. Action: read Hacker News daily (https://news.ycombinator.com/). Deep dive topics you find interesting. Learn about crypto. Crypto today is the Internet in the… https://victoria.dev/neofeed/increasing-future-leadership-options/

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Oldie but a goodie: 3 Heuristics for Decision Making —@ Naval Ravikant A quick read/listen. Handy to have in your back pocket for work today. (https://victoria.dev/neofeed/oldie-but-a/)

The only thing that you can rely on 100% is that nothing is ever 100%. (https://victoria.dev/neofeed/the-only-thing/)

Good communication is a skill you can practice, and like all skills, mastering it is straightforward: follow the recipe until it becomes second nature. 001. (https://victoria.dev/neofeed/good-communication-is/)

Have a conversation with just one expert and you can be convinced of anything. (https://victoria.dev/neofeed/have-a-conversation/)