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.

202401291554 All systems thinking is a simplification

All 202203210833 Systems thinking is an approximation or simplification of the real world. 202503301254 The map is not the territory and 202203210830 When your model and reality conflict, reality is always right. We can't possibly account for all the nuance and intricacies of the systems that govern behaviors. There is always an encompassing system and further sub-systems at play. There are always more 202110231515 Feedback loops, 202110231516 Feedforward loops, information that influences the system, and more.¹

Meadows, D. H., & Wright, D. (2011). Thinking in systems: A primer (Nachdr.) (pp. 18). Chelsea Green Pub. ↩