M121: No matter what kind of enterprise you are working in, you won't like what's happening around you: chaos, lack of control, lack of logic, and so on. Don't expect them to improve. Instead, find a place for yourself and make changes there. Be the leader of the changes and earn yourself karma points. Watch it.

M122: When someone comes to your product and asks questions about how it works, why it doesn't work, or simply complains about its problems: don't help them right away. Instead, fix the product while they are waiting "on the line," show them a new version of it, and ask to provide feedback again. This is how you use them as free testers and make your product become better. Watch it all. Good morning!

M123: Some of us believe that a good open source project (or some of them) must have extensive and big documentation, in multiple Wiki pages or Markdown files. I don't believe in this. I believe that any project must be able to fit its documentation into a single README. If you can't fit it all into it, you are doing something wrong. Watch it all.

Chacun sa vie (2017) by Claude Lelouch is a good movie about life. A bit sad, a bit funny, a bit romantic, a bit depressing, and a lot French. I enjoyed watching it.

Hey, a new Sunday Twitter poll for you, this time about your open source activity. Vote and then read this blog post: Open Source Arms Race.

M124: Being a talented programmer, in my opinion, means having an innate intolerance to mess. It means a permanent desire to structure and organize the code you are working on. This may be a great advantage if you are in a small project or a startup. However, if you join an enterprise, this will be your disadvantage, which may only hurt you and the people around you. Instead, you will have to learn new skills and acquire new talent for yourself: the ability to put up with mess around you. Watch it.

Я сегодня буду выступать перед студентами Высшей Школы Экономики (ВШЭ) в Москве на открытом дне знаний в хорошей компании. Вход бесплатный, начало моего выступления (займет 30 минут) в 12:30 по Москве. Приходите, можно будет задать вопросы онлайн.

M125: You may think that being altruist and give your project and your team more than taking back is the right thing to do. It's not true. To the contrary, if you are being selfish and always make sure that the team is giving you back the same amount of value you are giving to it—you are doing the right thing and improving the management system in your company. Watch it.

Вот как это было: видео (42 минуты).

A new Sunday Twitter poll for all of you. Vote and then read this blog post: Holacracy or Autocracy? Both! (2016)

M126: One of the most complex tasks while working in a team of software engineers is how to convince them that you are right and your technical decisions are correct. No matter how smart you are, you will have problems with this. In order to win in those fights, you need a support group: people who agree with you and will vote for your decisions. Open source projects may give you such a support group. Watch it!

67 projects were submitted to my 6th Quality Award and KaiCode competition. We decided to combine these two competitions this year (mostly due to COVID situation). The reward this year is $4,096. I'm currently looking for volunteers to help me review all projects submitted. If you are interested, please text me, I will pay $25 for each project reviewed.

M127: One of the most complex tasks while working in a team of software engineers is how to convince them that you are right and your technical decisions are correct. No matter how smart you are, you will have problems with this. In order to win in those fights, you need a support group: people who agree with you and will vote for your decisions. Open source projects may give you such a support group. Watch it.

M128: I often hear programmers complaining about projects they work in: customers are not happy, the market doesn't like us, nobody wants our product, etc. They not only complain, but they also quit. This is ridiculous. You don't need your product to be successful, you need your project to give you everything you need to be successful, personally. And this includes freedom and open source. Watch it!

M129: "Jacks of all trades" were appreciated and valued in the past when computers were young. Now the situation is different: you either are a niche specialist and you make good money, or you know everything and your income is below average. This situation will only get worse for those who don't want to dive deeper into a specific tech domain. Watch it.

As you've probably heard, we are organizing a scientific conference in Moscow: ICCQ. It will be a one-day event, in cooperation with IEEE, focused on static analysis, defect detection, and software maintenance. My question to you: do you know how to promote it better among researchers and scientists? Can you help? Can you give some suggestion?

M130: Solving software problems in most cases is not about finding the right algorithms or optimizing the effectiveness of existing ones. It's about cleaning up the mess left by other programmers and by ourselves. Watch it.

Fleabag (2016-2019) by Phoebe Waller-Bridge is very funny.

M131: When you work for a company and at the same time do open source development, you most certainly have a conflict of interest. The open-source is mostly for your own benefit, while the company expects you to give all your results to it. How will answer the questions when they ask you when your product is popular? Watch it.