payala

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by payala 7mo ago
I know exactly what you mean, I've been there myself so many times that I have learned be humble just for this one reason. I have a post about good engineers being humble which is based on this idea. If you think this way, you are alre
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by payala 7mo ago
This is also a typical one in electronics, very few people understand how ferrites work, the frequency bands where they are effective and the difference between common mode vs differential mode. I love when a simple solution fixes something
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by payala 7mo ago
Love this, will try without any AI assistance and see how it goes. Thanks for the feedback, I'm starting to write after all, who knows, maybe I'm an even bigger slop machine myself...
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by payala 7mo ago
Wow. That really hits hard.
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by payala 7mo ago
hahahaha, love it! Would need to investigate, will do the next time I have some beers with the colleagues from that company!
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by payala 7mo ago
Good question! This equipment was deployed in remote places without any kind of connectivity, sometimes not even cell coverage. But the real problem is that the frequency of this failure in a single device was much lower than that. There we
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by payala 7mo ago
Yeah, for sure if I was perfect I wouldn't make mistakes, but I am not. However, I have to disagree in one aspect, it is not basic electrical engineering practice to add filter capacitors on every node. Some nodes need it, some don&#x2
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by payala 7mo ago
Fair observation. I do use AI tools in my writing process — the ideas, stories, and opinions are mine (20+ years of them), but I use AI to help structure and polish the prose. I think this is where most technical writing is heading, and I&#
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by payala 7mo ago
Fair point. I kept this one intentional as a thesis statement, but the concrete examples live in the companion pieces — like a bug that took 7 years to find because I kept assuming my mental model was right ( https://agilitza.com&
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by payala 7mo ago
I did have this situation several times in the past. One thing that has worked well for me is to be a bit of a stubborn mofo in challenging people with arguments and not let go so easily. I don't think you need to be arrogant, but you
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No Good Engineer Is Arrogant(agilitza.com)
36 points by payala 7mo ago|20 comments
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The 7-Year Bug That Took 3 Minutes to Fix(agilitza.com)
17 points by payala 7mo ago|12 comments