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Comment by aarondf

4 years ago

The concept of "luck surface area" changed my life, no joke. It's the best framing I've ever heard for it.

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abathur  4 years ago

I like the framing. I've been trying to blog more and publish more personal projects over the last ~4 years than I had before that, but speaking to the proverbial empty room is a little disheartening.

I think it's because I'm pining for perspective, which is a fairly high-value thing.

I can't say "luck surface area" has changed my life, yet, but I suspect seeing it that way provides a more stable and intrinsic (if small) motivation. I've thought for a while that I'll need a less-external motivation to be able to keep it up in the long term.

  • Frotag  4 years ago

    Personally I use github issues / prs as documentation for future me. It's a happy side effect that it builds my portfolio (same for if someone actually finds it useful).

    • abathur  4 years ago

      Within a project context?

      Or do you have a more ~personal/meta repo where you're doing this more broadly? If the latter I'd be curious to see an example (but don't feel pressured if you aren't comfortable dropping it in a busy thread).

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