Bernardo Salazar

Putting it bluntly, on-demand learning is excellent for learning tools, but it sucks at learning concepts .

This method never failed me. I always felt that deep prolonged thinking was my superpower. I might not be as fast or naturally gifted as the top 1%, but given enough time, I was confident I could solve anything. I felt a deep satisfaction in that process.

If something is worth taking away from this article, it is that taking the time to do preliminary learning really pays off in the long run . Maybe in the moment, it seems like waste of time. But trust me, that’s the productivity trap. When companies and individuals acknowledge the importance of conceptual understanding , many of the problems... See more

Sure, the legitimacy argument has served to sanction chavista actors and claim legal control over foreign assets. But as a political tool, it has failed to drive real change. The theory embraced by some opposition lawyers and advisors was straightforward: the force of law comes from its legitimacy—that is, the justification or reasoning that... See more

The builder is pretty self explanatory, it’s motivated by velocity and utility. It is the part of me that craves the transition from “idea” to “reality.” It loves the dopamine hit of a successful deploy, the satisfaction of building systems to solve real problems, and the knowledge that someone, somewhere, is using my tool.

The argument that Venezuela would become an ungovernable, Haiti-like failed state after Maduro falls is equally lazy. Armed para-state groups do operate inside the country, but mostly in rural border regions and the south — far from cities or seats of government power. It is unlikely they could challenge a post-Maduro administration backed by... See more

Finally, there is that options ndots:5 . This indicates “how many dots should there be in a name for that name to be considered an external name”. In other words, if we try to resolve a , a.b , a.b.c , a.b.c.d , or a.b.c.d.e , the search list will be used - so resolving api.example.com will result in 5 DNS queries (for the 4 elements of the search... See more

the majority of my learning occurs while working through the challenges of my daily work, and I think that’s an important goal to optimize for when trying to learn quickly enough to remain in-role at a growing company.