Full Width [alt+shift+f] FOCUS MODE Shortcuts [alt+shift+k]
Sign Up [alt+shift+s] Log In [alt+shift+l]
73
An off-topic holiday newsletter. And a happy New Year to you!
8 months ago

Comments

Improve your reading experience

Logged in users get linked directly to articles resulting in a better reading experience. Please login for free, it takes less than 1 minute.

More from Scarlet Ink

How to Both Embrace and Defeat Imposter Syndrome

Our skills aren't perfect. Moving past our weaknesses is how we discover our ways to add value, and improve along the way.

4 months ago 33 votes
Inside a High-Severity Outage: A Late Night Sev-2 at Amazon

A detailed narrative of how we communicated about, worked on, and resolved a technical mess we created.

4 months ago 26 votes
13 Tech Career Misconceptions — Things I Wish I'd Learned Earlier

Misunderstandings about performance, promotions, influence, and leadership that most people only realize late in their careers.

4 months ago 48 votes
Heard of Design Patterns? How About Behavior Patterns.

Recognize patterns in management to be able to solve issues, and deliver results.

4 months ago 61 votes
Writing and Speaking Clearly and Concisely

Communicating takes practice and skill. Learn the ingredients to high-quality communication.

5 months ago 42 votes

More in life

Good tokens 2025-09-05

Items of interest

5 hours ago 2 votes
Is Universal Music Going to War with Rick Beato?

Just when you thought major labels couldn't get more stupid...

yesterday 3 votes
do i judge other writers?

the messy truth about writing “full-time,” and other answers to your questions (#2)

yesterday 2 votes
Is This Anything? 16

few attempts

2 days ago 5 votes
Is the Bubble Bursting?

I'm making this previously paywalled article available to everybody

3 days ago 5 votes