Finding stories in everyday adventures
Vik For a long time, the hot tub in our patio was a luxury that we could never enjoy. When we bought our Chesterfield house, we had high hopes that the hot tub will work, but it never did. When we got it looked at by a skilled technician, we found that it has a leak which will take a lot of $$$ to diagnose and fix. We even had home warranty for it, but it …
Just randomly the Chauhan household minus the dogs decided to make a day trip to Port Austin, and The Thumb area of Michigan. If you don’t know what The Thumb is check this out. Port Austin is about 2 hour drive from Chesterfield, and the drive is mostly Hwy 53 with some gorgeous country side views. Along the way there were lots and lots of agricultural flat fields which makes sense considering this region has …
Quick commands to create user and group in macOS with specific uid and gid, and to add a specific user to newly created group. Add group sudo dscl . -create /Groups/<name> gid <gid> Add user sudo dscl . -create /Users/<name> sudo dscl . -create /Users/<name> UniqueID “<uid>” sudo dscl . -create /Users/<name> PrimaryGroupID <gid> Add existing user to new group sudo dscl . append /Groups/<name> GroupMembership <user> Wish macOS actually used useradd/groupadd like linux systems, …
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I learned this at a former organization. It is a good framework for decision making, and to understand slow vs fast. Hopefully, it is beneficial.
Many a times we believe there is a secret special sauce to being a leader, and to motivate people. Reality is that, there is no single sauce. In fact, there are many tiny droplets of flavor into play, and that many of those we already know/do. Take for example, a simple gesture of saying good morning to your team every single day, either in-person or on your company’s instant messaging tool. That simple gesture goes …