Advice to new managers:
1 tell people their work matters
2 hire for attitude, train for aptitude
3 break bread with your team
4 earn trust by giving it first
5 feedback in private, praise in public
6 in a celebration, lead from the back
7 in a crisis, lead from the front
8 always communicate intent
9 value high rate of learning
10 do not speak poorly behind others
11 admit when you are wrong
12 do not blame anyone for poor outcomes
13 remove bad apples quickly
14 be a mentor and a sponsor
15 open doors as often as you can
16 when stuck, as for help
17 be on time and eat last
18 do not brag about how busy your are
19 do not intensity focus on shortcuts
20 deliver on your promises - meet deadlines
I saw somewhere on twitter that we have to put @abdulaziztetteh on a podcast or sth like that. It’s a very good idea. Whoever said that should hmu so we drive up to his house and take him to the studio.
Let us learn to be rich in a different way: more attentive to relationships, more intent on valuing the common good, more attached to the local area, more grateful in welcoming and integrating those who come to live with us.
We used Postgres triggers for audit logging in Pydantic Logfire. It worked until a routine migration turned into an incident.
Here's why we moved to an async, Redis-backed architecture 🧵