Photo by Fernando Hernandez on Unsplash. Let’s update our productivity instead of updating our software packages again and again… “Ever thought of updating yourself instead of updating your mobile” — Yash Gupta Whenever I clone a new public repository and start the setup process, I think about the concept of the .go concept. I now start every new public repository I release with a “./go” script, which makes the setup process for everyone as simple as typing “./go”. However recently, I started to think that equally the ./get-up-to-date script should be part of every repository as well! A ./go script is an amazing practice, but for a […]

Understanding decentralization will help you understand, evaluate & adapt to current technology trends. Photo credit: Nhia Moua “Decentralization is based on the simple notion that it is easier to macrobull***t than microbull***t. Decentralization reduces large structural asymmetries.” ― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life The human body is an amazing system. Optimized over a couple of million years, it seems to work pretty well. Scholar and statistician Nassim Taleb is a huge fan of nature, and as I recently reread some of his work, what stuck with me is the level of decentralization that nature built […]

“Leveraging exponential technology to tackle big goals and using rapid iteration and fast feedback to accelerate progress toward those goals is about innovation at warp speed. But if entrepreneurs can’t upgrade their psychology to keep pace with this technology, then they have little chance of winning this race.” ― Peter H. Diamandis, Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World Photo by Franki Chamaki on Unsplash. Introduction It’s still Day 1 for data. Companies, governments, non-profits around the world are already extracting a whole lot of value from data. But really, compared to the things that are coming, […]