Recognizing the rock stars (excellent performance/gradual growth trajectory) is tricky because leaders often misunderstand these people and want to reward their performance. These leaders err in reward and give promotions while the person is not looking for a promotion. Promotion kills these people's motivation....

Sometimes an idea needs time to coalesce. So it happened with my first mecha story ever, a flash fic titled Robot 55. It was a surprisingly long time in the making, seeing how I grew up with stories like that, like most kids of the 80s and 90s. Took a whole new sci-fi setting. They're starting to pile up here. But...

A guide to switching from bash to Zsh, with Oh My Zsh, Powerlevel10k, and useful plugins for a better terminal experience.

I've been struggling with having comments on this Jekyll-based static site for a while. For a bit, I used Staticman, but that died for some reason.