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https://max-gherman.dev/functions/thinking-categorically/cartesian-closed-category/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/thinking-categorically/cartesian-closed-category/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Terminal object, products, exponentials, and currying. https://max-gherman.dev/functions/thinking-categorically/category/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/thinking-categorically/category/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Category as a primary building block https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/choice/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/choice/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT An offer of re-entry forces a choice between belonging, compromise, and self-respect. https://max-gherman.dev/partly-cloudy/aws-from-idea-to-infra/ci-cd-github-actions/ https://max-gherman.dev/partly-cloudy/aws-from-idea-to-infra/ci-cd-github-actions/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT S3 bucket per pull request using GitHub Actions. Assume AWS securely via GitHub OIDC. https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/circle-eight/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/circle-eight/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT An allegory of fraud, performative refactoring, and misrepresentation in software work. https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/circle-five/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/circle-five/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT An allegory of blame, anger, and corrosive team dynamics in software organizations. https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/circle-four/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/circle-four/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT An allegory of futile engineering conflict, reinvention, and not-invented-here thinking. https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/circle-nine/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/circle-nine/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT An allegory of betrayal, obfuscation, and trust collapse at the deepest level of modern IT. https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/circle-one/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/circle-one/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT An allegory of legacy systems, inherited complexity, and the stagnant comfort of the Legacy Garden. https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/circle-seven/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/circle-seven/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT An allegory of destructive engineering decisions, API violence, and harm done in the name of progress. https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/circle-six/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/circle-six/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT An allegory of rigid dogma, architecture worship, and the Flaming Tombs of software heresy. https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/circle-three/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/circle-three/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT An allegory of excess, overengineering, and waste in software systems and organizations. https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/circle-two/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/circle-two/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT An allegory of technology churn, hype, and resume-driven development in the Shifting Storm. https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/composition/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/composition/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/computation/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/computation/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT https://max-gherman.dev/design/spherical-design/design-principles/ https://max-gherman.dev/design/spherical-design/design-principles/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Practical rules for spherical design—layers, aggregates, boundaries, graphs https://max-gherman.dev/functions/thinking-categorically/domain-and-codomain/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/thinking-categorically/domain-and-codomain/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Domain and codomain connection https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/drop-of-water/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/drop-of-water/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/early-warnings/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/early-warnings/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Anton notices vague ownership, shifting signals, and the first signs of a coming internal change. https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/epilogue/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/epilogue/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Closes the allegorical journey through modern IT with reflection on clarity, responsibility, and redemption. https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/expectation/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/expectation/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Cooperation stops being implicit and becomes an expectation the organization quietly enforces. https://max-gherman.dev/functions/thinking-categorically/functor/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/thinking-categorically/functor/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Structure‑preserving mappings https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/functors/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/functors/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT https://max-gherman.dev/functions/thinking-categorically/hom-set/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/thinking-categorically/hom-set/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT The set of all morphisms https://max-gherman.dev/design/spherical-design/implementation/ https://max-gherman.dev/design/spherical-design/implementation/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Applying spherical design principles with metrics, tooling, static analysis, and CI/CD practices. https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/information/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/information/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/interactions/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/interactions/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/introduction/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/introduction/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT https://max-gherman.dev/functions/thinking-categorically/introduction/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/thinking-categorically/introduction/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/margin/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/margin/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Controlled displacement pushes Anton to the margins without ever naming what is happening. https://max-gherman.dev/design/spherical-design/mathematics/ https://max-gherman.dev/design/spherical-design/mathematics/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT The Mathematics of Spherical Design https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/matter/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/matter/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/meaning/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/meaning/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/morning/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/morning/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Anton begins another workday as subtle unease and organizational tension start to surface in the background. https://max-gherman.dev/functions/thinking-categorically/natural-transformation/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/thinking-categorically/natural-transformation/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Uniform transformations between functors https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/pendulum/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/pendulum/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/piece-of-ice/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/piece-of-ice/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/probability/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/probability/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT https://max-gherman.dev/functions/thinking-categorically/product-coproduct-and-exponential/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/thinking-categorically/product-coproduct-and-exponential/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Type constructs formation https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/prologue/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/prologue/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Sets up an allegorical descent into the habits, pathologies, and moral failures of modern software culture. https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/recognition/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/recognition/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Anton sees how restraint itself becomes a form of influence inside the organization. https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/recursion/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/recursion/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/request/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/request/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT A sensitive review draws Anton closer to the mechanisms of control and selective judgment. https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/residue/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/residue/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Anton feels the cumulative moral weight left behind by a system that rewards restraint. https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/response/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/response/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT The response forms gradually, showing how structure, timing, and omission shape organizational action. https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/signals-in-the-system/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/signals-in-the-system/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Anton reads the weak signals of a system preparing for deeper restructuring. https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/signature/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/signature/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Authorship, approval, and personal responsibility converge around a single demanded signature. https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/spoon/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/spoon/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT https://max-gherman.dev/partly-cloudy/aws-from-idea-to-infra/static-website/ https://max-gherman.dev/partly-cloudy/aws-from-idea-to-infra/static-website/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Turn S3 bucket into a real, browsable site with CloudFront https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/symmetry/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/symmetry/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/decision/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/decision/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT A quiet removal reveals how organizational decisions are made without open accountability. https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/fixed-point/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/fixed-point/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/invisible-hierarchy/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/invisible-hierarchy/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Anton starts to see how unofficial power structures, not org charts, shape decisions inside the company. https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/narrowing/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/narrowing/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Key voices disappear as the space for honest dissent narrows inside the organization. https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/null-abyss/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/modern-it/null-abyss/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT A threshold scene that introduces the descent from modern software practice into its deeper failures. https://max-gherman.dev/design/spherical-design/question-of-complexity/ https://max-gherman.dev/design/spherical-design/question-of-complexity/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Formalize-able complexity of software systems https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/quiet-engineers/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/quiet-engineers/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT A story about the engineers who quietly preserve institutional memory while recognition flows elsewhere. https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/shape-of-influence/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/shape-of-influence/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Knowledge starts to move through the organization, changing behavior before any formal decision is announced. https://max-gherman.dev/design/spherical-design/tools-and-applications/ https://max-gherman.dev/design/spherical-design/tools-and-applications/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Tools and applications https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/transfer/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/transfer/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT A mandatory meeting reveals targeted removal dressed up as routine organizational transfer. https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/transformations/ https://max-gherman.dev/functions/composing-reality/transformations/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/usefulness/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/usefulness/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Anton becomes valuable to the system in ways that blur judgment, usefulness, and compromise. https://max-gherman.dev/design/spherical-design/water-in-space/ https://max-gherman.dev/design/spherical-design/water-in-space/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT Physics of balance—surface tension and minimal surfaces https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/withdrawal/ https://max-gherman.dev/people/hard-to-be-consultant/withdrawal/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:08:39 GMT A refusal to absorb the system's weight leaves consequences unresolved and visible. https://max-gherman.dev/blog/software-engineering-craftsmanship/ https://max-gherman.dev/blog/software-engineering-craftsmanship/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT A DevTools-first walk-through of building core data structures in JavaScript. https://max-gherman.dev/blog/control-flow-part2/ https://max-gherman.dev/blog/control-flow-part2/ Fri, 19 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT Example of algebraic effects, channels and actors https://max-gherman.dev/blog/control-flow-part1/ https://max-gherman.dev/blog/control-flow-part1/ Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMT Example of continuations, coroutines and fibers https://max-gherman.dev/blog/jsnad-certification/ https://max-gherman.dev/blog/jsnad-certification/ Sun, 07 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT JSNAD certification exam preparation https://max-gherman.dev/design/statistical-analysis/analysis/ https://max-gherman.dev/design/statistical-analysis/analysis/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT Statistical methods and exploratory analysis used to interpret the NSW COVID dataset. https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/babel/ https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/babel/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT Webpack Babel setup https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/bundle-analysis/ https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/bundle-analysis/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT Webpack bundle analysis https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/bundle-optimization/ https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/bundle-optimization/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT Webpack bundle optimization https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/cache-busting/ https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/cache-busting/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT Webpack content cache busting https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/code-splitting/ https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/code-splitting/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT Webpack code splitting setup https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/css/ https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/css/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT Webpack CSS setup https://max-gherman.dev/design/statistical-analysis/datasource/ https://max-gherman.dev/design/statistical-analysis/datasource/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT Choosing and combining NSW COVID, demographic, and postcode datasets for the application pipeline. https://max-gherman.dev/design/statistical-analysis/data-wrangling/ https://max-gherman.dev/design/statistical-analysis/data-wrangling/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT Transforming, joining, and reshaping raw COVID and postcode datasets into application-ready data. https://max-gherman.dev/design/statistical-analysis/devops/ https://max-gherman.dev/design/statistical-analysis/devops/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT Application deployment architecture https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/favicon/ https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/favicon/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT Webpack favicon setup https://max-gherman.dev/design/statistical-analysis/final-result/ https://max-gherman.dev/design/statistical-analysis/final-result/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT Recap and live result of the NSW COVID statistics application. https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/fonts/ https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/fonts/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT Webpack fonts setup https://max-gherman.dev/design/statistical-analysis/front-end/ https://max-gherman.dev/design/statistical-analysis/front-end/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT Building the frontend dashboard with maps, charts, and interactive visualizations for NSW COVID data. https://max-gherman.dev/design/statistical-analysis/idea/ https://max-gherman.dev/design/statistical-analysis/idea/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT Analyzing virus spread data https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/images/ https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/images/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT Webpack images setup https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/initial-setup/ https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/initial-setup/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT Webpack initial setup https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/module-federation/ https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/module-federation/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT Webpack module federation https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/typescript/ https://max-gherman.dev/web/webpack/typescript/ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT Webpack TypeScript setup https://max-gherman.dev/blog/reactivity-in-javascript/ https://max-gherman.dev/blog/reactivity-in-javascript/ Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT Reactive applications in JavaScript from scratch https://max-gherman.dev/blog/statistics-at-home/ https://max-gherman.dev/blog/statistics-at-home/ Tue, 03 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT Australia NSW COVID spread analysis https://max-gherman.dev/blog/prod-cons-file-process/ https://max-gherman.dev/blog/prod-cons-file-process/ Fri, 01 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT Producer - consumer file processing https://max-gherman.dev/blog/azure-blob-large-files/ https://max-gherman.dev/blog/azure-blob-large-files/ Sun, 19 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMT Dealing with large files using Azure Blob containers and .NET SDK v12 https://max-gherman.dev/blog/killing-if-softly/ https://max-gherman.dev/blog/killing-if-softly/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT Refactoring nested if-else logic with boolean algebra