Developer Tea

Every episode has its downside. In this episode we talk about a mental model called the "Strategy Tax", and how it applies beyond business strategy.

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We underestimate the knowledge we have. (Interestingly, we also *over*-estimate the knowledge we have, just a different type of knowledge.) We also underestimate the knowledge we don't have.

We overes…

Our first Friday Refill!

Ignore motivation. Remove obstacles.

Motivation is not your fuel. You already have enough motivation. Don’t add more. Focus on removing the small distractions, things that will…

Discrete and continuous data are all around us. In today's episode, we talk about a specific model of thinking that combines discrete and continuous. We'll also talk a little bit about non-linear cur…

In today's episode, we talk about how much of our behavior is shaped by the invisible assumptions we make about our constraints, abilities, and context.

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Why do we believe we are right, even when it's easy to see we're wrong?

There are psychological reasons, and there are basic biological and even logical reasons why believing you are right is easier t…

🌎Design your skills together, as a portfolio.

Portfolios benefit from diversity and risk management. You can think about your skills in the same way.

But skills are more than just a portfolio. They als…

Today, we talk about options. The word "optionality" typically refers to the amount of flexible agency a person has in a given scenario; not necessarily a discrete number of options, but how much lat…

You want to measure what matters. But your measurements might change what matters.

Understanding that anything that is measured might modify behaviors, it's important to then understand what should b…

Your actions speak louder than words. You already know that. But have you asked yourself what your actions are saying about who you are?

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It's hard to construct with deconstruction in mind. It's difficult to imagine designing for final shutdown. In this episode, we talk about the importance of transformation and change, and the ultimat…

🌎 Things slowly fade to invisibility over time.

Our conscious thinking is optimized to remove as much as possible. The more we can accomplish without hard thinking, the easier it is on our brains. As …

Becoming enlightened may not mean rising above everything. Instead, maybe it means zooming in.

It's easy to believe that as we continue to get older, we care less and less about the details, and we c…

🌎 Exceptions are Unusual

Exceptions are, by definition, unusual. An exception is something we wouldn't expect - out of the norm. Yet, we often craft much of our behavior around an abundance of perceiv…

In today's episode, I hope to challenge you to reconsider how you label your world.

🌎 Fix your labels

• Labeling Theory
• A game-theory math-oriented perspective on heuristics
• Some more on heuristics and bia…

Today, we're continuing the discussion of learning in public with guest, Shawn Swyx Wang. 

Swyx is best known for being the Reactjs subreddit mod, and recently released the book, "The Coding Career Ha…

This week, we continue the discussion of learning in public with guest, Shawn Swyx Wang. 

Swyx is best known for being the Reactjs subreddit mod, and recently released the book, "The Coding Career Han…

Over the next couple of episodes of this show, we're talking about learning and teaching in public. Today, we sit down with Kent C. Dodds. Kent has created some of the most important teaching materia…

Over the next couple of episodes of this show, we're talking about learning and teaching in public. Today, we sit down with Kent C. Dodds. Kent has created some of the most important teaching materia…