Writing — 225 essays

Cultivating ideas at the intersection of Engineering and Systems Thinking.

A collection of essays, frameworks, and early-stage thoughts on engineering leadership, distributed systems, and the human side of software.

Systems Map

Core architectural nodes of research.

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Platform Org Design

Scaling engineering teams via structural abstraction.

biotech

Feedback Loops

Entropy management in high-velocity CI/CD environments.

psychology

Human Factors

Cognitive load and its impact on system availability.

architecture

Pragmatic API

Designing interfaces that survive generational shifts.

history

Legacy Refactor

Social strategies for technical debt retirement.

Thinking in Public

225 Nodes
Sep 30, 2016Archive

Maxwell Weekly 7: #17

Environmental (blog): Maybe California’s Water Wars Aren’t as Bad as You Think A different perspective on California’s water worries Science (blog): Scientists Finally Figured Out Why Tardigrades Are So Indestructible…

Sep 22, 2016Archive

Maxwell Weekly 7: #16

Relationships (blog): Science says lasting relationships come down to 2 basic traits An insight into what make great long lasting relationships truly last. Machine Learning (blog): Using machine learning to…

Sep 14, 2016Archive

Maxwell Weekly 7: #15

Animation (video): Animation Challenge - Excitement and Exasperation Get in and join in on the animation challenge to win some impressive free swag: Wacom tablet, books, videos, and more. Artificial…

Sep 7, 2016Archive

Maxwell Weekly 7: #14

Computers (blog): For first time, carbon nanotube transistors outperform silicon Carbon nanotube may keep moore's law alive Machine learning (software): Welcome to Magenta! We’re happy to announce Magenta, a project…

Sep 1, 2016Archive

Maxwell Weekly 7: #13

Development (video): Containment: MicroTip #4 - Supercharged Surma explains the brand new CSS containment feature of the web, allowing you to boost your web app’s performance. Development (software): Webpack Dashboard…

Aug 24, 2016Archive

Maxwell Weekly 7: #12

Photography (video): Drone POV: Soaring Over Iceland’s Rugged Landscape In this short film, the photographic team of Tucker Bowen and Sabine Scherer pairs unique drone footage of Iceland's rugged topography…

Aug 21, 2016Archive

My Pomodoro Application

Over the past 10 years I have been working on improving just how productive I can be, using many applications and theories along the way. One process I use is…

Aug 20, 2016Archive

3 Ways To Fail At Everything In Life

Blame all of your problems on others Complain about everything Not being greatful

Aug 17, 2016Archive

Maxwell Weekly 7: #11

JavaScript (tech doc): Context | React One of React's biggest strengths is that it's easy to track the flow of data through your React components. When you look at a…

Aug 10, 2016Archive

Maxwell Weekly 7: #10

Development (blog): Google Cloud Platform launches Oregon region, Cloud Natural Language API Oregon becoming more important for cloud computing. Drawing (videos) 16 Videos Of Artists Drawing That Are Borderline Orgasmic…