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A cautionary tale.

eternalreturnon Tips for stroke-surviving software engineers

Going through several panic attacks with stroke-level blood pressure elevation had a similar impact on my worldview and approach to work.

Slow down. Prioritize your own health and well-being. Focus on the essentials and cut out everything else.

If you are in pain, see a doctor before you end up in urgent care like I did.

eternalreturnon Mi 11 won’t come with charger after Xiaomi mocked Apple for not including it

To be fair, Apple is the only company that can get away with this, without significant impact on sales. Remove floppy drive, remove headphone jack, ship without charger. Coming next: portless phone. Anyone else trying to pull this off would be destroyed by reviewers and customers alike.

eternalreturnon FAA issuing new rules to allow drones to fly over people and at night

I hope this never happens to anyone again (or worse): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYFdh1w_n6M

eternalreturnon Ask HN: What company environment has enabled your best work?

I work at Ericsson today. Unfortunately, the environment is very much like the one described by the OP: open plan office, noise, chit-chat, interruptions, daily stand-ups (which are mostly a waste of time), scrum meetings which take place far too often, retrospectives which turn into blamestorm sessions. All of this makes the office a rather unpleasant place to be. Which is a shame, because whenever I get to actually sit down and get some work done, I tend to enjoy it.

You'd think I could cope with this by working from home, but that option is limited, too.