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Projects, code, and other infrequently posted thoughts
Flow Like Water
Distributed teams are fundamentally different from those who share an office. To be effective and happy while working remotely, embrace the strengths.
To Err Is Human; To Ignore, Divine
When you're a leader, your words carry more weight. Measure them carefully.
Writing Docs Is Better Than Having Docs
Documentation is great, but the real benefits from writing docs aren't the docs.
Analyzing Logs with AWS Athena
With Athena, I got some answers out of several years of log data in S3 relatively quickly. I also had an opportunity to learn some new tricks.
The S-Curve
In engineering as in life, sometimes the best path forward isn't a straight line.
httptest 3.2.0 Released
This 'httptest' release includes several enhancements suggested by users, particularly around improving the experience in interactive sessions.
Against Technical Debt
'Technical debt' is neither technical nor debt. Discuss.
Turbocharging 'readr'
The 'readr' package is a fast reader for text data files, and with a couple of tricks, we can make it even faster by only reading the parts of the files we care about.