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Cynical software doesn’t even trust itself, so it puts up internal barriers to protect itself from failures. It refuses to get too intimate with other systems, because it could get hurt.
“As usual, there aren’t enough last minutes.”
― Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
― Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
“The most basic way to get someone's attention is this: Break a pattern.”
― Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
― Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
“An accurate but useless idea is still useless.”
― Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
― Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
“Closure is when a function is able to remember and access its lexical scope even when that function is executing outside its lexical scope.”
― You Don't Know JS: Scope & Closures
― You Don't Know JS: Scope & Closures
“People tend to overuse any idea or concept that delivers an emotional kick.”
― Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
― Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Alex’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alex’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
82 books
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9 friends
380 books
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25 friends
240 books
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14 friends
1,536 books
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74 friends
24 books
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31 friends
175 books
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15 friends
674 books
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7 friends
72 books
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76 friends
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