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This podcast comes down to me reading articles from my article series "Wednesday Wisdom" which is available on Substack at josvisser.substack.com.
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Can you afford to be so efficient that you cannot innovate anymore?https://josvisser.substack.com/p/the-cost-of-efficiency
If at this moment in time you are not investing in proficiency with AI coding tools, you are doing yourself an enormous disservice.https://josvisser.substack.com/p/the-one-about-codex
The subtle art of gliding into retirement with ease and comfort...https://josvisser.substack.com/p/the-gift-of-post-career
It is often hard to move on after an amazing work experience...Article: https://josvisser.substack.com/p/losing-the-secret-sense
To get something done, be everywhere all the time and persist...https://josvisser.substack.com/p/taylor-swift-and-the-value-of-time
Seniority is not a job description, it is a mindset you take to every task you engage with...https://josvisser.substack.com/p/short-seniority-is-a-mindset
Math is everywhere, but rarely used...https://josvisser.substack.com/p/math-and-you
Not that I know, but here are some thoughts...https://josvisser.substack.com/p/how-to-become-a-tl-101
In 2026, I will again spend a lot of time explaining to people that things that sound really simple are actually quite complicated and that two things that look alike are in fact quite different.https://josvisser.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-problem-fractal
Note: This is the 12/24/2025 episode which I apparently forgot to publish on the date itself :-)Full article: https://josvisser.substack.com/p/parameters-for-success
I used to think not nice was cool. How wrong I was!Full article: https://josvisser.substack.com/p/the-gift-of-nice
Perhaps the hallmark of a good engineer is not that they always write good software, but that they can get bad software working and out of the door in time when the situation requires it.
Hot take: You might be doing SRE all wrong!https://josvisser.substack.com/p/misinterpreting-sre
Everyone is stressed...https://josvisser.substack.com/p/stress
Learning happens when you have to sink or swim...https://josvisser.substack.com/p/tg-special-a-reader-question
Respect what came before because often there is much hard-earned wisdom embedded in existing solutions. Also: Replacing working code is hard.https://josvisser.substack.com/p/respect-what-came-before
Modesty is not a hip trait in a world that suffers from culturally sanctioned ADHD, but all things considered, I’d rather be undecided while I am thinking, than wrong.https://josvisser.substack.com/p/the-gift-of-modesty
Or: How to be successful while making many mistakes 🙂Read, watch, and subscribe at https://josvisser.substack.com/p/more-things-i-learned-running-a-small
Experience is what you get when you are expecting something else…
The problem with heroes is that heroics don’t scale; instead: Boring scales. Call me old-fashioned (or boring) if you will, but when I am in charge of running some service, I want my days to be uneventful.https://josvisser.substack.com/p/unhappy-the-team-that-needs-heroes
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