Zero technical debt isn't always the answer.

Configuration-as-code has the same usability issues as everything else as code along with the same benefits.

Setting low but realistic expectations is better than setting high but unrealistic ones.

Luck isn't enough. You need a culture of virtue.

Don't block a code review because of minor issues that are best left to the discretion of the author.

A proof.

During before and after various Git operations, Git invokes special hooks that can be used execute custom scripts. This article explains how to use them to automatically push to an upstream repository every time you make a commit to a local repo.

A set of questions help you think through and evaluate proposed projects and research programs.

Markdown documents should be readble without understanding complex mark-up. A growing number of Markdown syntax extensions take the form of HTML or HTML-like tags and boilerplate that hinder readability. Instead we should focus on how some construct should be presented in plain-text for human consumption and then add minimal structure to it for machine consumption.

A recent study found that more gender-equal countries have larger gender gaps in mental health. I look at the data that seems to have yielded this counter-intuitive results and find it lacking.