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.

202402171512 The principle of shifting dominance

The principle of shifting dominance in 202203210833 Systems thinking is when one loop dominates another, having stronger impact on behavior. Because systems often have multiple competing 202110231515 Feedback loops operating simultaneously, the ones that dominate the others will therefore dominate the behavior of the system as a whole. Finally, these dominating factors can change over time causing shifts in the behavior of a system as the dominance of loops wax and wane relative to the others in the system.¹

Meadows, D. H., & Wright, D. (2011). Thinking in systems: A primer (Nachdr.) (pp. 44). Chelsea Green Pub. ↩