How should startups handle performance reviews? – Quora
February 24th, 2015
great opinions on dreaded APRs
Bad Managers Talk, Good Managers Write
September 23rd, 2014[messaging] Modern anti-spam and E2E crypto
September 9th, 2014
- how does antispam currently work at large email providers - how would widespread E2E crypto affect this - what are the options for moving things to the client (and pros, cons) - is this feasible for email? - How do things change when moving from email to other sorts of async messaging (e.g. text messaging) or new protocols - i.e. are there unique aspects of existing email protocols, or are these general problems?
// I worked at
Google for about 7.5 years. For about 4.5 of those I worked on the Gmail
abuse team, which is very tightly linked with the spam team (they use the
same software, share the same on-call rotations etc). //
Simpson’s paradox – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
September 8th, 2014Is TLS Fast Yet?
September 8th, 2014
Published on Jul 24, 2014 "TLS has exactly one performance problem: not enough sites are using it. Everything else can and will be optimized. A hands on look at how to achieve 1-RTT handshakes, eliminate validation latency, and more." Slides: bit.ly/fastTLS by Ilya Grigorik ( @ google) . See the bottom of the page on Nginx configs on how to improve TLS performance
Incentive Pay Considered Harmful – Joel on Software
August 18th, 2014
A good old Joel article on why you shouldn't not treat your engineers like pre-K kids.
4-20 in Santa Monica Mountains
April 25th, 2014Sullivan Ridge and Backbone Trail Loop
( Sullivan Ridge Fire road, Mulholland road, Fireroad 30 to The Hub, Backbone trail, J-Drop & back to Sullivan Ridge fire road )
My first GoPro cut!
4-20 in Santa Monica Mountains
April 25th, 2014Sullivan Ridge and Backbone Trail Loop
( Sullivan Ridge Fire road, Mulholland road, Fireroad 30 to The Hub, Backbone trail, J-Drop & back to Sullivan Ridge fire road )
My first GoPro cut!
