Sebastian Gebski

Sebastian Gebski

Geek, agilista, blogger, codefella, serial reader. In the daylight - I navigate & lead software engineering. #lean #design #aws #elixir #analytics. I speak here for myself only.

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Measurable goals in the lens of Systems' Theory

Goals are not rocket science, right? Just make sure they are SMART [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMART_criteria], confirm the specific objective value, and get yourself busy, striving to get there before the deadline is due, correct? In fact, many do just that. I find it an equivalent of...

How Dobby the house-elf f*cked up the world

When we thought that things couldn't possibly be more fucked up, Putin asked us to hold his beer. Since the inglorious retreat from Afghanistan, it was clear that Pax Americana [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Americana] was over, but who could have guessed that potential conflicts would...

Ostracism. Isolation. Exclusion. Cancellation.

Disclaimer: This blog was never about politics. But occasionally, there are moments when topics far more important than technology, architecture, or leadership surface. That is one of these moments. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let's start with facts: * One state (Russia) has lawlessly invaded another independent state (Ukraine), hereby declaring a war...

The Great Leveling

Pandemic has sped up some phenomena, changing the world forever. One of them is the global equalization of the digital society. Your location and nearest vicinity do not play such an essential role in your life anymore - more and more interactions have moved nearly exclusively into the digital space....

Advertising, the destroyer of worlds

One of the things I'm usually very proud of is how I collect, catalog, and process information in my personal knowledge system. Ironically, somehow I've managed to completely miss the source (& author) of a fascinating statement I've come by recently: > "Advertising...

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