Posts from 2022

2022-05-13: A quick argument for naming all software prototypes after birds
2022-05-12: On editing text
2022-05-12: On coordinating intrapersonal skill levels
2022-05-06: Skills for academics
2022-05-02: Reading notes: The Manager's Path
2022-04-21: Listening notes: Russ Roberts and Tyler Cowen on reading
2022-04-19: Notes on a Bryan Cantrill talk
2022-04-14: On poker's comparative disadvantage
2022-04-07: On linear scans
2022-04-03: On recovering
2022-04-01: On reading The Diff
2022-03-30: Reading notes: The Score Takes Care of Itself
2022-03-26: How I got into programming
2022-03-24: Reading notes: How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
2022-03-21: On trees and dimensionality
2022-03-17: On keeping it very simple
2022-03-13: On ranking things
2022-03-08: On self-experimentation in spaced repetition
2022-03-05: On accidentally starting a newsletter
2022-02-25: Reading notes: The Nineties
2022-02-22: On Anki's database
2022-02-18: On Excel, context, and talent
2022-02-17: Reading notes: From Front Porch to Back Seat
2022-02-16: On Bryan Caplan's spreadsheets
2022-02-13: On scarcity and regionality
2022-02-10: On the scarcity of context
2022-02-09: On the death of new music
2022-02-03: On dependencies in small projects
2022-02-02: Reading notes: Crossroads
2022-01-25: On capturing thoughts
2022-01-23: On talking to think better
2022-01-21: Backward-compatible improvements
2022-01-19: On productivity
2022-01-18: On temporal bias
2022-01-17: On middlebrow books
2022-01-16: The 100 books nearest to my heart
2022-01-15: On being a philosophy Ph.D. student
2022-01-13: 15 notes about testing software
2022-01-12: Listening notes: Kate Grace on The Morning Shakeout
2022-01-11: Reading notes: How to Change
2022-01-10: On mischaracterizing your own comparative advantage
2022-01-09: On poker's comparative advantage
2022-01-08: Reading notes: The Baseball 100
2022-01-07: On using Anki, again
2022-01-06: On quadratic complexity
2022-01-05: On task management
2022-01-04: Reading notes: The Inner Game of Tennis
2022-01-03: On Conversations with Tyler
2022-01-02: On dependencies (part 1)
2022-01-01: On preparing for coding interviews