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1. The Question That Exposes Everything Walk into any large organisation and ask a deceptively simple question: āWhat does everyone do?ā Not what are your job titles, not what does…
Read more →If you look back over time at all once great companies, you will see that eventually simplicity gave way to scale. What are some of the risks that drive this?…
Read more →1. The Organisation That Optimised for Distrust I once worked in a company with spectacularly low trust. Everything took ages (like years), quality was inconsistent (at best),costs were extraordinary and…
Read more →Why do Companies Get Stability So Wrong? Most companies do not fail because they cannot innovate. They fail because they misjudge stability. Some organisations under invest. They chase features, growth,…
Read more →I have started writing production code again. Not prototypes. Not proofs of concept. Real systems. Real risk. Real consequences. At Capitec, a very small group of engineers is now tackling…
Read more →Why More Information Doesn’t Mean More Understanding We’ve all heard the mantra: data is the new oil. It’s become the rallying cry of digital transformation programmes, investor pitches, and boardroom…
Read more →1. Technology Is an Infinite Game and That Is the Point Technology has no finish line. There is no end state, no final architecture, no moment where you can stand…
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Read more →Modern networks are far more complex than the simple point to point paths of the early internet. Equal Cost Multi Path (ECMP) routing, carrier grade NAT, and load balancing mean…
Read more →Ever wondered how to adjust the time window before your Mac demands a password again after using Touch ID? Hereās how to configure these settings from the terminal. Screen Lock Password Delay The most common scenario is controlling how long after your screen locks before a password is required. This setting determines whether Touch ID […]
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