Daniel Wentsch
@klickreflex
Freelance designer and web dev from Freiburg, Germany.
Daniel Wentsch
@klickreflex
Freelance designer and web dev from Freiburg, Germany.
BFSG und die Privatwirtschaft
Imagine two chair shops across the street from each other. One shop takes the chair’s design into consideration from the start. They hire the best chair designer they can. The chair designer researches other chairs on the market to figure out where they’re lacking. They ask people what they like and dislike about their current chairs, research mate
... See moreThe value of good design seems more clear for everyday objects than digital goods. This comparison helps to show the value of good design. And more importantly it leaves no doubt that design cannot work as an afterthought.
Psychologists echo this: Chronic procrastination shows up less as a time-management failure and more as an emotional struggle—we delay to dodge anxiety, self-doubt, or fear of failure.
I’ve seen this firsthand: Some of the most brilliant founders, executives, and creative professionals I’ve worked with weren’t stuck because they lacked intelligence
... See moreBuddha says, “You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
it’s possible that you’ve already had a non-dual experience, and you just didn’t recognize it as such. Lots of people spontaneously have moments of mystical connection and then don’t systematically investigate it, or don’t return to it for one or another reason.
Telling a child they have a particular ethnic or religious identity is one of the stickiest things you can tell them. Almost anything else you tell a kid, they can change their mind about later when they start to think for themselves. But if you tell a kid they're a member of a certain group, that seems nearly impossible to shake.
If someone’s complaining about legacy systems, that means they’re deep in the weeds about to start the most heinous job in web services.
Dealing with legacy systems is like swimming through maple syrup. No one’s legacy systems are in good shape. They’ve been cobbled and duct-taped together for years. The previous redesign probably entailed a quick f