Tech — Work — Ramblings

by Mike Kalvas

I see you're not using JavaScript (which is awesome!) on one of my pages that uses it to provide a better experience. If you see something not working right, please let me know. My site should work exactly the same without it apart from any exceptions noted here.

I use prism.min.js to do syntax highlighting. It clocks in at 23kb total in size. Since the majority of the writing I do involves coding, I personally find this to be a worthwhile trade off. If you choose to keep this disabled, rest assured, the code examples are still there, they just may have some extra whitespace and obviously no syntax highlighting.

I do no tracking at all and am a zealot about keeping my pages as small as possible. If you're reading a page of mine that transfers more than about 250kb over the wire (including my most gratuitous indulgence — fonts) I've messed up.

So, if you'd like to have a slightly richer experience, consider enabling javascript for my site and I promise your trust won't be misplaced.

202205031219 Agility is not equal to speed

To be agile is to be able to move quickly and easily. The key differentiation between agility and speed is the ease with which we can move from point to point, without regard for direction or momentum.

Going at a high speed — by definition — means that we're not concerned with direction. Even including direction and talking about velocity then brings in the consequence of not being able to change direction easily at high velocity because of momentum.

Being agile, on the other hand, means we're able to change direction when needed.