Interesting timing.

Yesterday, I launched a new publication about "How Bad Things Happen ... ", which focuses on the "unintended but entirely predictable consequences of cutting corners and a lack of imagination, curiosity, standards, perspective, and discipline"

https://medium.com/look-fuckers

First stop: the database!

I completely agree with your ideas on the Cozy (golden) Trap, habits, and the importance of staying curious, learning from others, and continuing to question, learn, and grow.

The "Look, Fuckers" publication holds the tech community accountable for the myriad woes they have inflicted by failing to do all of the above.

I've been ... underwhelmed by our industry almost from the beginning. We would be SO much better and further along than we are, if we were actually as smart as we keep telling everyone else we are.

Keep up the good work, Alex, championing best practices, improved capabilities, and above all curiosity and lifelong learning. I'll do my best to show the costs of putting one's feet up and accepting the status quo.