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#InternetIsNotAlwaysHelpful - This developer posted a genuine question about their career prospects in Indigo, India’s airline company - only to be hilariously bombarded with bug reports and feature requests for their ticketing portal! The original post is now deleted, but the comments are still around making it for a fun read.

American Airlines Christmas Eve Flight Delays Blamed On Technical Snafu
American Airlines - a US airline giant, one of the largest in the world - their systems were impacted by a "vendor technology" issue causing a brief grounding of flights across the US on Christmas Eve, disrupting one of the busiest travel seasons, but resolved after an hour.

Russia Imposes 6-year Ban On Crypto Mining In 10 Regions
Russia just banned crypto mining in 10 regions for 6 years due to its extremely high power consumption. This ban affects an industry that was only fully legalized in Russia in November. Russia has had a complicated history with crypto, having banned its use as legal tender in 2022, but still allowing cross-border payments as a way to avoid sanctions. This move follows similar actions from other countries like Kosovo and Angola.

Nasa's Parker Solar Probe Sets Record For Closest Approach To Sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe just flew closer to the sun than any spacecraft has before - 3.8 million miles close! It's actually designed to fly into the sun's corona to study solar storms and weather that affect Earth. The probe is really fast, too - it reached 430,000 miles per hour, making it the fastest human-made object ever!

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Time Management For Impact
Jesston's blog discusses productivity using the Important vs Urgent matrix. Software developers often prioritize urgent tasks, but Jesston argues that focusing on important, non-urgent tasks can lead to more impact and happiness.

When To Push Your Colleagues
Knowing when to motivate team members towards progress and when to respect their autonomy is crucial. Learn to identify opportunities to "push" others, but also recognize when to hold back. Understand individual strengths, weaknesses, and motivations through relationship-building and trust. Timing is key to avoid frustration, failure, and lost confidence.

Effective Alerting Strategy
Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and tailored instrumentation are key to reducing noise and focusing on actionable signals. Non-actionable alerts lead to alert fatigue, conditioning teams to ignore signals, as seen in the "normalization of deviance" phenomenon.