Passive Compassion

There is nothing worse than passive compassion. Sometimes compassion means getting angry on behalf of someone else and taking a stand. If a bully is bullying others on the playground and you “feel bad” about the person being bullied, but choose to do nothing… …that is not compassion, that is passivity. Compassion is hard and uncomfortable be... Read more 19 Feb 2024 - 3 minute read

Life after cron job

One of my new found interests besides ML stuff is Data Engineering. One interesting thing I hope to explore more is the way various ways organizations handle scheduling jobs. Obviously cron is a pretty solid initial step, but it doesn’t scale well at all. One frustration with cron at scale is that it always runs at a specified time. If a job ... Read more 08 Aug 2023 - 1 minute read

Practical Thoughts on Work Sustainability

As a teenager and in my young adult years I spent much of my time at school (work), volunteering (work) studying (work), playing sports(work), working a summer job (work), etc… Though the only times these felt like work was when I didn’t want to do them. Progressively I find myself taking on more and more, yet I often feel like I’m working les... Read more 11 Feb 2023 - 2 minute read