resilience

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Yes, the Hong Kong of Old Is Over
2 months ago
- The pro-China camp highlights Hong Kong's return as the global IPO leader as evidence of resilience.
- Critics argue that this resilience is largely dependent on direct intervention from Chinese authorities.
- The author maintains that the old Hong Kong is fundamentally over, despite efforts to prove otherwise.
The Human Kintsugi
2 months ago
- Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold, silver, or platinum, making damage visible and meaningful.
- The author was laid off three times within a year, leading to personal and professional challenges.
- The podcast episode 'You’ve Never Seen What You’re Truly Capable Of' explores how challenges reveal hidden strengths.
- Stoic quotes from Seneca and Marcus Aurelius emphasize resilience, self-control, and viewing the world as one's home.
- The author reframed job losses as opportunities, creating multiple projects like lisn, sixwhyo, hex, hajime, boku, kankei, and holos.
- The experience taught the author to embrace lack of control and forge their own path, not defined by any single role.
- The key takeaway is to recognize personal power to handle and learn from life's difficulties.
Show HN: OTP Inspired actor supervisor based full stack templates
2 months ago
- System designed to survive process crashes, unlike most starters that die on panic.
- Uses OTP-inspired supervisor with DataActor in Go, Rust, Node, Python, Rails, and .NET; native BEAM supervision on Elixir.
- Features automatic restart with backoff, isolated write actors, and a crash demo that continues serving traffic.
- Documented in AGENTS.md.
The Ugly Phase
3 months ago
- The Ugly Phase is a recurring low point in challenging projects, identified through personal experience with creating conference talks.
- It occurs when progress feels overwhelming, often near a deadline, causing doubt, frustration, and a desire to quit.
- Recognizing and accepting the Ugly Phase helps reduce meta-spiraling and emotional toil, allowing focus on moving forward.
- The phase is characterized by feelings of hatred toward the project, but it passes with persistence and refinement.
- Applying the concept to other hard, high-payoff projects, like building a house or unpacking, validates its universality.
- Strategies to navigate the Ugly Phase include recognizing it, cutting unnecessary scope, and refocusing on the immediate goal.
- Documenting progress with photos can provide perspective and motivation during the Ugly Phase.
- It is crucial to avoid dropping self-care activities like fitness during stress, as they support resilience.
- The Ugly Phase is often forgotten after completion, similar to forgetting the pain of childbirth.
- Celebrating success after emerging from the Ugly Phase reinforces achievement and prepares for future challenges.

resilience

Yes, the Hong Kong of Old Is Over

The Human Kintsugi

Show HN: OTP Inspired actor supervisor based full stack templates

The Ugly Phase