Archive - Functionally Imperative

August 2024

TIL Conventional Comments

I love it when I find things that seem obvious after discovering them, but I had no idea they existed before.

Aug 31 •

Organizations which design systems (in the broad sense used here) are constrained to produce designs which are copies of the communication structures of…

Aug 24 •

The Transformational Power of Weak Connascence (Part 1)

I hope you enjoy the post this week.

Aug 17 •

Trusting your intuition.

It’s crucial to make time for autotelic pursuits — those activities that are inherently rewarding for their own sake.

Aug 10 •

The way we shape our stories, by including or omitting details, can completely transform their impact.

Aug 2 •

July 2024

June 2024

on complexity and design

Philosophy of Software Design by John Ousterhout isn’t just a fantastic book about software design; it’s a book about how to approach complexity in…

Jun 29 •

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