Some of the things #7
Where I share some of the things I've been doing, thinking, and learning about across work, crypto, AI, wellness and other cool things on the internet.
Work
What is DevOps? An Updated Definition for the Next Generation.
A template for making strategic decisions. It’s a simple bulleted list where each sub-bullet invalidates the parent. It normalizes critical thinking and debate, can be done asynchronously, everyone feels heard, and it gets to the root. Created by nor.
Dune CEO’s blog comparing backpacking to running a lean startup. “In modern life abundance is the default. You can always have a little extra at hand without any real downside. If you’re driving somewhere you can always just add some extra clothes to your bag. Packing your backpack for camping, on the other hand, is full of very real tradeoffs. Everything you bring has a weight and you have to carry that weight for the whole trip. The utility, weight and volume of every single item in the backpack has to be scrutinized.”
Tech
Status as a Service, a very long essay about social media based on 2 principles that I’ve reluctantly accepted to be true enough: 1.) people are status-seeking monkeys, and 2.) people seek out the most efficient path to maximizing social capital.
How should AI behave and who should decide? https://openai.com/blog/how-should-ai-systems-behave/
Zen Pen - A simple utility to help you get out of your head and into a flow state with writing. Created by willgibson.
Never run out of ideas. A simple AI utility to help creators ideate and get past the “blank page” problem. Created by Cameron Armstrong.
Wellness
The New Gurus podcast. From productivity hackers to dating coaches, from crypto bros to wellness influencers, when did the internet get taken over by gurus?
Wishes For Our Children. If you ask me about my parenting philosophy, I have a very simple answer: the goal of parenting should be independence, not achievement.
Notes from Mongolia (Part 1). If you accidentally bump into someone on the street it is customary to make eye contact and shake hands.
About grief and loss. “The older I get, the more I understand that existence really is very temporary. It makes sense, then, that the temporary nature of existence means that existence is, in itself, quite extraordinary.”
A note to, and about, my subscribers:
There are 14 of you now, we picked up two more friends since last time. Some of you are from my DevOps community, some are social media friends, some are IRL friends, and there are a few I can only guess where you came from. But whether I know you through the weird wilds of web3, social media, or IRL, I feel a connection and I’m glad we’re on this journey of life together. I love hearing from you so please tell me what are some of the things you’re getting into? Leave a comment or connect on twitter or farcaster.
Thanks for subscribing and I hope you hang out for as long as the journey intrigues you and unsubscribe when it no longer does.
Until next time, keep putting good into the world. —adrienne🌏❤️