If you haven't been following this series, you can read all articles about my career break here. Read about yesterday here. Wrapped up David Morales' Hands-on Introduction: Ruby on Rails course today covering the remaining course material around CRUD operations, Styling with Tailwind, Partials (code reuse), Active Storage, and very briefly touching upon Hotwire (Turbo … Continue reading Day 7️⃣: Chipping away one step at a time
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Day 5️⃣: Small Steps to Rails
If you haven't been following this series, you can read all articles about my career break here. Read about yesterday here. Today was mostly life outside the editor. A few chores and reconnecting with a friend. Not a lot of code, but it still counts. Got in under an hour with Ruby on Rails (thanks … Continue reading Day 5️⃣: Small Steps to Rails
Day 4️⃣: Wrapping up Ruby, onto Rails
If you haven't been following this series, you can read all articles about my career break here. Read about yesterday here. Will keep today's update a short one as most of the day today was spent wrapping up Kevin Skoglund’s Complete Guide to Ruby over a marathon run. I was finally able to wrap up the … Continue reading Day 4️⃣: Wrapping up Ruby, onto Rails
Day 2️⃣: Continuing with Ruby
If you haven't been following this series, you can read all articles about my career break here. Read about yesterday here. So, Day 2 was more about diving further into Ruby and exploring how it handles different object types, control structures, and date & time. It has already surprised me with how elegant it is; … Continue reading Day 2️⃣: Continuing with Ruby
Day 1️⃣: Planning What’s Next
It has been nine weeks since I decided to step back after a decade of building tech and teams at full intensity. I wrapped up my last day at Atlan on September 5th, 2025. Looking back, these last nine weeks have allowed me time alone, free from urgency, to recharge and reevaluate my perspectives before … Continue reading Day 1️⃣: Planning What’s Next
🔀 Incoherent: Why We Should Let Employees Bring Their Own Productivity Stack
Onboarding to a new workplace can be overwhelming, but it’s also a time of significant disruption. Every new job brings an upskilling cycle of learning fresh rituals, adapting to unfamiliar productivity flows, and embracing a new set of company tools. While this is meant to ensure everyone’s aligned and efficient, it can often lead to … Continue reading 🔀 Incoherent: Why We Should Let Employees Bring Their Own Productivity Stack
🔀 Incoherent: The Future Belongs to Cross-Functional Thinkers
In today's rapidly evolving workplace, the most valuable professionals will no longer be specialists confined to narrow roles. Instead, they will be multi-dimensional thinkers. These professionals will bridge different domains of expertise. "What" and "How" The modern professional world has split into two camps. One camp determines what needs to be done. This includes managers, … Continue reading 🔀 Incoherent: The Future Belongs to Cross-Functional Thinkers
