Most of us who work on heavily used systems at scale saw this one coming, and that they would propose a rewrite as they just have, and we also don’t think this is the answer.
This is why hubris is a very counterproductive quality in engineering.
Why do we all agree on this?
Starting a mega-🧵 on life alpha.
Insights that appear when my subconscious is lit up (eg shower thoughts, traveling) will be added periodically as they manifest.
My goal is to collect the ingredients for making great life decisions, & you are welcome to join for the ride 🚀
1. Try a bunch of new stuff, fail at most of it
2. Find something that works
3. Then double down on what works, quit doing everything else
4. Grow exponentially
5. When growth slows down, go back to Step 1
This can practically be applied to all areas of life.
Something to get your head around:
Head Line:
A major asset class crashed 42% in 14 days, wiping out $1.02trn in value in an orgy of liquidation of people up to 100 x levered, with very low regulation. Many tokens fell up to 70%, including unregulated lending and borrowing biz.
Bloomberg has released its March 2021 report on #Bitcoin:
“BTC replacing gold in portfolios is accelerating… Bitcoin in 2021 is transitioning from a speculative risk asset to a global digital store-of-value… $100,000 may be Bitcoin's next threshold.”
https://t.co/HcMGlGJTMO