Making your OSS easy to use isn't about adding more "easyness" - it's about subtracting what sucks. "To make your stuff "easier to use" you don't make it "easier." You look at all the things that make it hard, then remove them one by one. Easy isn't something you add. It's what's left over after everything that sucks is removed." Alex Hormozi. "Easy to use" is…
Read More »During my first forays into OSS, over a period of 6+ years, I averaged 85 hours a week whilst being paid for a 40 hour week - and loved every minute of it! It wasn't because I had to, but because I wanted to - all because OSS felt like play. Time was meaningless as I was constantly lost in flow state. Learning from that experience,…
Read More »The call came in at 5:43am. “The routers are acting up again down at 1313 Packetloss Lane” the night supervisor whispered, as if afraid the devices might hear her. “It’s... flickering. The network’s hanging in there, but people keep reporting ghost pings and strange device behaviour.” This is the bane of my existence - another cursed asset. I grabbed the essentials: laptop, EM Packet Field Meter…
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