DvidSilva Blog

Impulses, Sobriety, and Looking for the Sparks

Explore the challenges of decision-making, sobriety, and finding inspiration in everyday life. Insights on leadership and personal growth await.

The Divine Feminine, the Divine Masculine, and the Courage to Become Whole

One of the recurring themes across Jewish mysticism is that creation is not born from uniformity but from relationship.

The Walls We Build and the Bridges We Cross: Finding Meaning in Stone and Spirit

Finding Meaning in Stone and Spirit. Building something that lasts is worth the effort

Leadership Is a Choice, Not a Title

You’ve Always Been Ready

The miracle of finding a partner

“קשה זיווגו של אדם כקריעת ים סוף”

DORA vs. SPACE Metrics: Measuring Engineering Performance Humanely

Lessons from early-stage startups, DevOps research, and the reality that software is built by people, not dashboards A lot of discussions about engineering…

She’elat Halom, ancient kabbalistic practice

Rainy Monday at home in upstate New York, a good day for writing and crafts Today I wanna share this mysterious PDF I found: ON SHE'ELAT HALOM IN HASIDEI…

Ma'aseh Merkavah - Workings of the Chariot

Exploring Judaism's Mystical Tradition The profound concepts encoded in Ma'aseh Merkavah, the Workings of the Chariot, form the very foundation of the Jewish…

Accounting of the soul

33 ideas to meet yourself Activities to Do Alone There is a difference between being alone and feeling lonely.

Nothing happens alone

A Conversation About Producers and Networks At a recent happy hour during Tech Week, I ended up having one of those conversations that starts in one place…

Lessons from the Sefirot Applied to Love

There’s a romantic idea we were sold: that destiny simply brings you a soulmate effortlessly.

El mapa del amor trascendental

Lecciones de las Sefirot aplicadas al amor Hay una idea romántica que nos vendieron: que el destino trae al alma gemela sin esfuerzo.

Behaalotecha, Questions, dialogue and communal responsibility

Reflections on the parasha, shared with the jewtina newsletter

Launching markkët

A friendly platform with a simple tale

Undoing the Enshittification of the Internet

the deliberate degradation of platforms as they shift from serving users, to serving business customers, to extracting maximum value for shareholders

On being

Encouraging thoughts about existence and our role in society