Memories for Things that never Fades

Just now I was watching this instagram video that appeared randomly in my feed, and it was a comparison bettwen the same city, but going around in 1999 and 2026. The aesthetics of the 90’s cameray gave it a gloomy, blurry and even muddy look, compared to the clean and bright camera of the new phones, but somwhat that sketchy old video somewhat felt more… alive?

The description was written as: “In 1999 we had no cell phones, no group chats, no snapchat… just driving around aimlessly looking…”

Birds are Free

And I mean free not as in “Free Beer” but more akin to free as “being able to roam endlessly”.

And why do I say that? Because of this:

Random comment on David Foster Wallace’s Video on YT: “I remember a quote of him, something along the lines of ‘…in the society we live in, people drug and sedate themselves to make the realities which would otherwise be unbearable, at least manageable…’”

People Self-Sabotage

Oh, you’ve seen it previously, as much as I have too…

No, can do it! I can’t do it (translates as: I won’t do it), because I don’t know how to do it, it is… too complex! (meaning: I don’t wanna put effort in it) And…

yadda yadda yadda… We’ve all heard it previously befored. I know you did. You know I did it too… This is why I am writing this piece right now… Because people love to self-sabotage themselves.

Knowledge (in IT) is Finite (plus, why you should not read technical books from back-to-back)

You see, the possibilities inside of a particular set might look endless, but the current backpropagation of the components which compose a particular event or resource for that matter, are finite.

What do I mean by this?

If you take a look at all of the components that seem to plague and infest Kubernetes, for example, they might look unsurmountable and outright endless to you. But lemme tell you a secret… they are not.

They Want You to Struggle

I had this thought the other day, maybe someone else which existed previosly too had the exact same thought but I am sharing it with you people anyways.

So, the consideration that I had reached was that they want you, us, you and me, to remain struggling, indefinetly. And by struggling I mean, in constant debt, thinking about our income, or even if we can make ends meet at the end of a month.

Context Switching Sucks

Oh, hell, well… I guess that you can already guess, too, where this is going.

Well, if not, hang in there for a second. In such cases where one needs to maintain an optimal window of opportunity on getting tasks finished in the least amount of time (because things must get done, in any case), context switching just swivels up your ass. Because, for me, honestly, it just completely kills any sort of capability that I would have to have a concentrated focus needed to tackle a particular issue or problem.