A good novelist makes every piece of the story essential to the final resolution. Each event described in the book leads up to one big finale. That’s a good narrative. We like to see the past in that light. We like to believe everything happens for a reason, and that reason is to get things … Read morePlan backwards, look forward
Looking at other cultures, finding differences, can teach us about ourselves. One example from business: in the US we rate managers on results. Quarterly or annual metrics measure an employee’s value. In contrast, many Asian countries give managers years to build a strong market position. Recognizing the distinction between short-term and long-term results, we can … Read moreLooking across the lines
With git, source code lives in a single working directory. When we switch from one branch to another, git rearranges our files for us. Usually this keeps things simple, but now and then I wish for two copies of the code. Do you ever want to run a big fat suite of tests in one … Read moreGit: Checkout multiple branches at the same time