Why Metrics Don’t Equal Quality
In 1902, Hanoi was drowning in rats. The government was getting nervous about plague. Hence, the city put a bounty per rat tail. Suddenly, the system had a scoreboard, something...
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A Sunny Day in Edinburgh
My alarm went off at 4:45 in the morning so I could catch a flight from Dublin to Edinburgh. It was one of those days that starts a bit brutally, but once you are moving, you ar...
Life's Compounding Effect
The principle of compounding is a concept most often tethered to the world of finance. We understand it as the cycle where an investment earns interest, and then that interest e...
Hiking Trip to Errigal Mountain and The Stairway to Heaven
On May 20th, we set out from Dublin at 6:30 pm, embarking on a memorable hiking adventure to Errigal Mountain and the Stairway to Heaven. The trip began with a peaceful drive to...
Passing Through Bulgaria
I originally wanted to go to Turkey, but the flight to Bulgaria was cheap. Since I had never seen Bulgaria before, I decided to pass through it instead of going straight on. Tha...