• The Best of 2023

  • 31 Dec 2023
  • best-of

  My favorite discoveries from the past year.

• Programming, Fast and Slow

  • 07 Aug 2023
  • programming

  There are two modes of programming analogous to Kahneman's famous modes of thinking.

• Career Advice No One Gave Me: Give a Lot of Notice When You Quit

  • 20 Apr 2023
  • general

  2 weeks notice is the gold standard when quitting. But giving more notice (a *lot* more notice) actually has a lot of benefits.

• Better Debugging in Forge Fork Tests

  • 27 Feb 2023
  • crypto

  How to get introspective access to contracts you can't change.

• The Deep Similarity Between Creating Products and Giving Gifts

  • 07 Feb 2023
  • product

  Creating products is about finding product-market fit. So is gift giving.

• The Best of 2022

  • 31 Dec 2022
  • general
  • best-of

  My favorite discoveries from the past year.

• Running a Sub-20 Minute 5K

  • 06 Dec 2022
  • health
  • fitness

  How I hit a life goal of mine: running 5 kilometers in under 20 minutes.

• Your DietBet Destroyed the World

  • 11 Nov 2022
  • science-fiction
  • general

  The mass extinctions began in early summer last year – as far as we can tell.