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.

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When we want to appreciate someone's work or behavior, we often use generic forms such as "good work" or "thanks for everything you've done." But we give ninety-nine details and a big explanation when it comes to the negative feedback...
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Whenever you are stuck with writing a story or when you don't know where to start a topic, write a letter to either a friend or a loved one. Letters are very casual, and their nature helps to ease the stress around writing. Talking to a...
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"Every successful writing should leave the reader with one and only one thought, not two, not three, or five. One." — Zinsser In non-fiction, it's tempting always to fire ideas and arguments to the reader. Some of them support the...
Suffering and pain are born from a biological need during evolution. Humans seek to suffer all the time. That's why, regardless of richness, poverty, aloneness, being entirely social, hungriness, and fullness, everyone suffers from...
When we experience a negative emotion, it is a way for our body to nudge us to change our conditions; it is a call to action. Our body tells us to avoid all triggers that cause the negative experience. Our hormones have evolved to tell...
Netflix's ownership and accountability culture enables people to learn from their mistakes truly. However, it requires a lot of groundwork to create this culture. Learning from mistakes is different from admitting failures and sharing...
Having an accountability cadence helps people develop a sense of ownership. When people don't hold themselves accountable, they focus on individual improvements and get stuck there. Forming a cadence for accountability helps extract...
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Building trust has different forms. But the first action passes by learning how the other person prefers certain things. If you do things that are against the other person's preferences, then chances are that you won't be in a good...
We believe that our minds and, therefore, behaviors are not changeable. On the contrary, they change a lot in our lifetime. We have this firm belief, especially when we are stuck with critical thoughts about ourselves. These critical...
Action → Inspiration → Motivation → Action → Inspiration → Motivation → Action ... The "Do something principle" and Bias for Action have different perspectives on motivation and inspiration. If you wait for motivation to arrive or look...
When there is no constraint in software design and development discussions, most discussions go to architecture and system design. Especially when the architects and implementers are the same people, the architecture is often debated way...
The software architect decides the boundaries of components. The components are a high-level group of codes and modules, while the modules are codes that are related to each other. We can think of them as libraries and small, lightweight...
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