Career on Capsule One

Conferences used to be cool

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Conferences used to be cool

I remember back in 2016 I went to Amsterdam for Hashiconf (by Hashicorp) with @punnie

It was one of the most memorable trips of my life. I got to seat with other conference attendees and @mitchellh and discuss tools and our companies problems and what approaches could be best during a warm up party

We watched a great talk by @kelseyhightower (10-factor app) and could ask him follow up questions after the talk

How you are perceived

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

One of my biggest learnings in the past few years was that how you are perceived has as much to do with you as it has with the other person.

You’re the only person that thinks exactly like you. Every one else will think differently. Especially busy recruiters.

source: “Why I ditched Terminal UIs for Recruiters” - Shreyan Ghosh

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Joining a company and changing everything

Sat, 20 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Far too often you see people joining companies and wanting to change everything “to make it better”. Except you are inflicting pain on others (even if temporary), so you always need to get the people on board first. Find their pain points, and start automating from there

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