Alex Oliveira
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The Space Between Yes and No

Questions shape our perception. Good ones explore the often overlooked realm of uncertainty, challenging us to think beyond binary choices and embracing the complex nuances shaping our world.

Meditation

How I meditate, what I feel, how better my life is with it.

Blogging Manifesto

I’ve always been dissatisfied with blogging. Now I have an objective measure of what makes it pleasing.

Derisk

If I had to point out one skill that differentiates great makers, professionals and executives I worked with, it would be deliberate derisking. Everybody does it to some extent, but rarely as a constant discipline. It drives success and, once in motion, molds thinking and triggers valuable practices in all areas of life.

Software Complexity: Naming

Code is written once but read many times. Good writing is, therefore, about optimizing for ease of reading.

A Fractal of Black Boxes

On the beauty of complex things that look simple and easy, and how to use Progressive Compartment to simplify maintenance and innovation at work and in life.