Ed Kraay

Motto "Let's make things better, together."
What I do: I facilitate meetings, I ask questions, I tell puns that make my wife and son cringe :)

[Craig Larman @lesscraiglarman]

acronym! GLAD Generative-ai & LLM Assisted Development. in #lessworks forecast GLAD disruptive & drive down single-specialist market & drive up multi-skilled learning & adapting jobs. eg full-stack prod devs prob solving with cust, analysis, design, code2deploy. am GLAD

[Ed Kraay @ekraay]

Live by the market, die by the market.

[Ed Kraay @ekraay]

@Labcorp I received a bill from you that appeared to be a collections notice. I found out I had a zero balance. I asked the agent I spoke with about this practice. She said "Do I think it's right? No. But it does get people's attention". I ask you - is it right to scare people?

[Ed Kraay @ekraay]

.@skiheavenly are lockers open, available for use in the heavenly lodges? A friend wants to store his boots there

[Ed Kraay @ekraay]

@suddenlyjoseph Thanks!

[Ed Kraay @ekraay]

“Be curious, not judge mental” Ted Lasso...err...I mean Walt Whitman....

[Ed Kraay @ekraay]

When I was touring the Toyota plant in Toyota city, one of the things that surprised me (and I’m not sure why) was how quickly the operators on the line were working...putting clutch pedals on corollas, was like a dance...more of a samba. I’m sure I didn’t really appreciate it.

[Ed Kraay @ekraay]

I recently bought a book on japanese woodworking tools. I was surprised to find this in the introduction by Toshio Odate musing on the meaning of the japanese word Shokunin..."not only having technical skill, but also implies an attitude and social consciousness..."

[Ed Kraay @ekraay]

I look forward to reading the book...Also the connection between the artisan and the tools... https://t.co/dODH95s9NS

[Ed Kraay @ekraay]

This same spirit is mentioned in Jiro Dreams of Sushi.

[Ed Kraay @ekraay]

This is the spiritual dimension of the artisan. Who combines both skill and speed, to create beautiful things that fill a real need. This is what I've experienced pairing with great developers, who were shockingly fast, while producing exactly what was needed, nothing more.

[Ed Kraay @ekraay]

"The Shokunin has a social obligation to work his best for the general welfare of the people. This obligation is both spiritual and material, in that no matter what it is, if society requires it, the Shokunin's responsibility is to fulfill the requirement..."

[Ed Kraay @ekraay]

"The Shokunin demonstrates knowledge of tools and skill with them, the ability to create beauty and capacity to work with incredible speed...The value of an object is dependent on a subtle combination of skill and speed..."

[Ed Kraay @ekraay]

@Roland_US @Roland_Brasil Hi @roland_US i've been trying to get my hands on one of these for a month or so, I'm not seeing them anywhere. Any idea when they will get back in stock?

[Ed Kraay @ekraay]

@estherderby I'm sorry for you loss, Esther.

[Ed Kraay @ekraay]

Might the rocket have been designed to be reusable from the start?

[Ed Kraay @ekraay]

I had a strange thought - what would have happened if it was the Apollo Product instead of the Apollo Project?

[Ed Kraay @ekraay]

How do you say "no" and preserve your relationships? This little trick from Weinberg cum Satir works wonders...https://t.co/DU7oCKoegO

[Ed Kraay @ekraay]

I bought two GMC trucks for Christmas and snuck them home to my brutalist modern mansion. I took the truck. Aren’t I creative!