Candost's Blog

Candost's Blog

Candost

I used to think that reading would make me wise. One day, ten pages before finishing a book, I realized that I had read that same book before. At that point, my perspective on reading and, therefore, my life had changed. Now, I don’t care how many books I read; I take many notes, connect dots, and share what I’ve found on my blog and newsletter. I’m interested in many things at the same time (I’m a multipotentialite). On this blog, you’ll find me talking to about multiple aspects of life like leadership, software engineering, philosophy, psychology, software architecture & design, urban & industrial design, exercising, finance, Formula1 Racing, eating healthy, and many more. I’m a software engineering manager; that’s my current job. At home, I’m a writer and an avid reader. I rarely watch TV, movies or TV series. I don’t have any social media account (except Mastodon where I have automated posting of my new articles). Hence, I often miss the popular culture references in conversations. That’s alright. I don’t have FOMO; I embrace JOMO. I rarely read fictional books.

Latest Posts

When I wrote you the last time about the myth of multitasking, I talked about our attention limit having a value of only one cognitive task. Today, I want to double-click on that attention-demanding creative task and connect it to the...
Many tenure engineers get frustrated with various small things if they have stayed in the same team or done the same job for a long time. They start getting annoyed by new people bringing not-so-new ideas that were already proved wrong...
Hey friend, This Mektup is a personal one. You must have heard what happened in my home country, Turkey. Two earthquakes took the lives of thousands of people (40k+) and impacted millions. (just yesterday, two additional earthquakes took...
There are three categories or approaches to decision-making styles in the world that encapsulate all the decision-making models. Ethical Reasoning (Good-Evil/True-False/Right-Wrong) It's conceptual reasoning. We have concepts in our...
It seems like the British had a devastating impact on Kenya. "Modernization" shows its evil face in many places. When people are forced, preached, evangelized, and convinced that their culture is not good and that they have to change,...
Sometimes, leadership introduces something and doesn't explain what they consider to be the disadvantages of the change. They often talk about the pros of a new system without mentioning the cons clearly. This situation makes it very...
Hey friend, I wrote the following paragraph two years ago in the first Mektup. Putting myself in front of many people is one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. Even though I’m a bit of an extrovert, it still frightens and excites me...
When we receive feedback, we might consider applying it fully or declining it. It often looks like a 0 or 1 situation; take it or leave it. Even when we try to find the middle ground, it comes down to picking up what's useful in feedback...
We're at the end of the first month of the new year. I thought about sharing something about feedback that helped me a lot in my conversations, especially in one-on-ones with my team members. There are three types of feedback:...
With the extensive usage of tools like Slack, Confluence, and Google Docs, we—especially leaders—struggle to be articulate. In school, we were all taught to start writing by forming bullet lists, building our arguments, adding more...
This article is part of my notes from Chapter 8 of Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann. You can read other chapter notes as well. Chapter 1: Reliability, Scalability, and Maintainability in Distributed Applications...
How would you explain the "Shift Left on Security" to a five years old kid? That was a question that we had to answer in a group exercise at SumUp lately. Each group in an 80-people workshop took a few of the 24 capabilities that drive...
Hey friend, Happy new year! I hope you will have a great year which you won't need any resolutions for 2024. I have had no resolutions for the last two years, and I love it. For me, New Year's Eve is a regular day, so it doesn't mark...
I was reading Julian's latest monthly newsletter issue—one of the few newsletters I follow. There, Julian talks about doing things consistently to become great at them by sharing what Ed Sheeran and Neil Gaiman do. Ed Sheeran uses the...
While we can improve our decision-making skills by learning methodologies and mental models and practicing mindfulness, one shortcut helps the most Since the industrial revolution, our daily options are multiplied each year. We have tens...
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