drjasonharrison's comments

On: Ask HN: How to improve being the most senior in your team?

[drjasonharrison]

A reading group is one approach. Regular reading of software development blogs, even older ones, will teach you a lot.

Expand your professional network by using local meetups or other professional events to find a mentor.

On: I found the perfect yearly calendar (for me)

[drjasonharrison]

It would be nice if the link to the 2027 calendar included the weekday alignment.

On: Indifference is a power (2015)

[drjasonharrison]

Key phrase "captures some of the sentiment of Stoicism". Her book could be cut down to about ten pages.

If Books Could Kill reviewed her book in April 2025:

"Peter and Michael discuss The Let Them Theory, a self-help guide to seeking bliss through unmitigated complacency."

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2RupLQH4eBnUX4mo1zAAFz?si=h...

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> Her book could be cut down to about ten pages.

Should I understand that to be a critique?

On: Workday project at Washington University hits $266M

[drjasonharrison]

We call those "change requests"

On: Workday project at Washington University hits $266M

[drjasonharrison]

Its page load time is as if it's running to the first clouds...

On: Workday project at Washington University hits $266M

[drjasonharrison]

I, too, made this assumption. Then I learned it was an actual product my ex-employer had selected and kept using.

It still didn't make sense why an enhancement request and a fix request couldn't be moved between queues. Or why I received three (at least) emails when an issue was closed.

On: Amazon faces FAA probe after delivery drone snaps internet cable in Texas

[drjasonharrison]

Jesus saves but John makes backups and Moses takes them offsite.

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Sadly, Moses was canceled for his anger issues and couldn't attend the off-site as HR ordered mandatory sensitivity training.

On: Amazon faces FAA probe after delivery drone snaps internet cable in Texas

[drjasonharrison]

"But the crane wasn't there yesterday!"

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lmao

On: Amazon faces FAA probe after delivery drone snaps internet cable in Texas

[drjasonharrison]

And that crane cable was much thicker! And it was two drones in a short period of time!

On: Amazon faces FAA probe after delivery drone snaps internet cable in Texas

[drjasonharrison]

Yes but tradeoffs with delivery speed, and thin wires are still hard to detect with limits on vision processing.