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I was half-asleep at my desk last Sunday night — March 30th, around 11 PM — when a friend from a security Slack channel pinged me with two words: "Axios. Co...
At 11:47 PM last Thursday, I was staring at my server access logs like a paranoid landlord checking security footage. Except instead of teenagers, the intruders...
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Last Thursday around 11:40 PM, my friend Sandra sent me a contract in Portuguese. Not Brazilian Portuguese — European Portuguese, which apparently matters mor...
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Last Tuesday night, around 11:30 PM, my friend Derek texted me a link with zero context. Just a URL. No "hey check this out," no emoji, nothing. That is how Der...
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Look, I am going to say something that might get me uninvited from a few Slack channels: I think Amazon is right about this one. Last week, after a string of o...
Last summer, I made a decision that nearly broke me. I volunteered to manage HR for three small businesses simultaneously — my own 15-person agency, a friend'...