One patient mile at a time

[Placeholder] What distance running taught me about shipping software.

[Placeholder] The first rule of long runs: start slower than feels right. The second rule: you will want to break the first rule.

Consistency beats intensity

[Placeholder] Four easy runs a week, every week, beat one heroic effort followed by a fortnight on the couch. Codebases are the same.

Recovery is part of training

[Placeholder] Rest days are when adaptation happens. On teams, that’s the time you leave in the plan for cleanup, docs, and thinking.

About me

Shaon

I’m from Bangladesh and have lived in Seattle long enough to call it home. I’ve run two half marathons and I’m training for a full one now. I write here about reliability, distributed systems, and running, which have more in common than you’d think.

I’m always happy to talk about AI/ML infrastructure, platform engineering, and the cool things you’re building:

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