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Thoughts

Greed, stupidity and toothbrushes

When you’re done using a toothbrush, you just want to replace the bristles. However you have to throw the whole thing away and get a new toothbrush.

This is a terrible and obvious waste. Surely there’s a better way.

Yes, there is.

No, you can’t have it.

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Work

Happiness-oriented Testing (HoT)

Photo by Duy Pham on Unsplash

There are many metrics. Some are mainstream, some are measurable, some are imposed. Most can be gamed.

But there’s one that neatly aligns with quality — happiness.

🏆 This post was featured in Software Testing Weekly #118 and Testing Notes #52

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Photography

Challenge: Photograph my neighbourhood

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I challenged myself to take my camera with me on my walks around my neighborhood. My walks were becoming rather dull, always going through the same paths. And it’s been 4 years since the last time I photographed.

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Thoughts

God is the Santa Claus of grown-ups

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Life

Get together, Get efficient

get efficient

Context

Residential areas called suburbs are built around cities’ borders. Likewise, industrial areas and offices where pushed even farther and are usually built in the middle of nowhere, since those lands are cheaper. The average family’s quality of life improved substantially (not much in these last years) and each family now owns a house and at least one car.

Problem

Everyone lives away from work and everyday there’s an exodus of people from home to work and back again. The total costs of commuting are huge and diverse (e.g. time, energy, quality of life, productivity, sustainability).