Thomas Lockney

@tlockney.net

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https://tlockney.net Platform-oriented Product Engineering Leader. Instigator. Tinkerer. Loads of interests. May occasionally post about: #systemthinking, architecture, #serverless, #typescript, #rust, #python, #wasm, books, music, & dogs

Screenshot of a terminal session with the output from a command describing a limitation with Ghostty. It's not possible to launch Ghostty on MacOS from the CLI while passing in a command to be run in the new terminal session.
Small white dog sitting on his haunches.
Picture depicts a portion of our backyard with a very large number of fallen apples on the ground.
Image of text from the Deno website that says: "Install Deno v2.3.1"
Screenshot of a tweet from Nate Silver. The tweet says: "Like how can you be a remotely competent historian without recognizing that major events in human history are shaped by high IQ, high-agency people whare are bad and/or flawed and/or dangerous.
Photo of the most darling angel, Harvey, who gave us so much joy and love during his time with us.
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Quote from the book Data and Reality, 2nd edition, by William ("Bill") Kent: 'The perceptive reader will have noticed that two kinds of "how many" questions have been intermixed in this section. At first we were exploring how many kinds of things something might be perceived to be. But occasionally we were trying to determine whether we were dealing with one or several things of a given kind. If you can't apply that distinction to the preceding discussions, then please don't become a database administrator. I fear your database may well become a minefield of semantic traps.'
The job of leadership isn't to "reduce complexity" in the work itself but to create an environment where people can work effectively with complexity—where the right practices and boundaries reduce drag and make complex work fun, challenging, and productive. You can't cheat the nature of the work.
ChatGPT generated image showing two different work environments. On the left we see a man in a suit looking contemplative. The walls are covered with software architecture and systems diagrams and the sleeves are filled with storage boxes likely full of documents. On the right we see a simple desk with a laptop and posters on the wall mentioning leadership strategy.
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"What day is today?" asked Pooh."It's the day we burn the motherfucking Republican party to the ground." squeaked Piglet."My favorite day." said Pooh