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There's not a lot of content out there talking about physical product manufacturing, so when I saw the episode on Scaling Manufacturing on my podcast queue I jumped right into it. Here are my highlights: Testing - while manufacturing - as early as possible If you've been aware of DevOps and Continuous Integration this will sound rather obvious, but it's always interesting to see these principles working in areas outside of software development. Medusa : Oxide's front plane loopback board which helps identify issues with high performance cabling as early as possible Reverso : a "mock" compute sled which allows Oxide to test the cable back plane without needing a compute sled Single sourcing components as a relationship investment Apple is - famously - another company that does single-sourcing (can't find the quote ATM). Here's how Oxide explains it : it's been really great working with our suppliers and they really are Oxide fans. Um, which is nic...

Wiring the Winnning Organization has the best illustration of why Agile works: (hope it's fine to manually copy it - not a scan or picture)

This post concludes my 2000-2025: 25 years in ICT series with a bit of a shameless plug: I've made it to Director! The 9 years at Proemion have been a breathtaking climb: from part-time software developer, to devops, to Team lead devops, to Group head devops and datacenter, Head of R&D, and now Director of Product of Engineering. To celebrate this, I decided to reflect on how I got here, perhaps it will be useful to others too. I did it Not to sound ungrateful or arrogant, but the first thing I should acknowledge is that I did this. I got help and support but it was ultimately me who put in the hours, went for the uncomfortable challenge ad asked for the additional responsibilities. I'm very proud of what I've accomplished, and I'd like to remind all of you that you should be too. Always! The only question I sometimes ask myself is where would I be if I started sooner. Since I don't have a time machine, I'm just content I got where I am right now and also...

When you truly understand something, you can express it at any level of detail while maintaining coherence. The master can provide the one-sentence version, the paragraph version, and the chapter version, all of which tell the same story at different resolutions. The novice can only repeat what they've memorized at one resolution. Via Brain Food  

Integrity : (from integer) to be whole or complete. In Jim Dethmer's meaning the word drops its ethical connotations and assumes the meaning of energetic wholeness and being fully alive . radical responsibility : we move from blaming others and external circumstances to taking full responsibility for our actions and emotions feel your feelings : sweeping emotions under the rug is a sure way of not being whole with ourselves and will eventually move us from being in control to being controlled by the amazing amount of energy that it takes us to suppress those emotions candor : when we hold back we detach, and when we detach can't feel energetic wholeness be impeccable in your agreements : in Charlie Munger's words be dependable. When you cannot keep your agreements, say so as early as you can Sources: https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-podcast/jim-dethmer-2/ https://conscious.is/concepts/the-four-pillars-of-integrity   Addendum: on Rituals A ritual is an invitation to somet...

We are essentially taking expertise and making it a commodity, and I think that as generally democratizing, I think many of the things I mentioned, if you have wealth, you have a lot of access to, and if you don't, you don't . What a cool thing that we've made this like universally accessible. From: https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/how-is-ai-different-than-other-technology-waves-with-bret-taylor-and-clay-bavor  (slightly edited)