Author: bogdan
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Better every day
I read quite a bit—it’s both entertaining and a great way to better myself every day. My reading spans across genres, including a lot of science fiction, as well as non-fiction like technical books, white papers, and philosophical works. I often find myself juggling several books at once. As I discover new interesting things to…
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Embracing transience
I use side projects as a creative outlet to learn and innovate, typically moving on once they require long-term maintenance, but I’m now challenging myself to build a consumer app to expand my skills.
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Preparing for adversity
I grew up in a world where expecting the worst and working toward the best was a way of life, the way. In this world you would expect nothing and when life delivered nothing you’d be ok with that, life didn’t owe you a dime. That life created resilience and composure, it made me inherently…
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Islands of stability
As we build software, sprint by sprint, feature by feature we sometimes loose ourselves in the process. Back in the olden days when speed was of less consequence than quality, islands of stability would break the rhythm and introduce a period of consolidation, where the business value built in the previous phases would be enjoyed…
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Memento mori
I thought I would meet a cruel, painful end, and while I went through all my tests and mentally prepared for surgery I realised I was fine with it. I didn’t want to die, for who would? But I was OK. I did not fear it, I feared for my loved ones, but I did…
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Amor fati
That one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backwards, not in all eternity. Not merely bear what is necessary, still less conceal it….but love it. Friedrich Nietzsche