writer, programmer
social-media
We hire social media to create a virtual representation of the life we want to live, but never actually live it. I wonder if this is as true in the TikTok era as it was in the Instagram era. It seems that TikTok has much less "self seriousness"
programming
Sometimes you have to stop sharpening the saw, and just start cutting shit Some people tend to jump into problems and just start writing code. Other people tend to want to research and research and get caught in analysis paralysis. In those cases, set a deadline for yourself and just
programming
If you don’t have a good grasp of the universe of what’s possible, you can’t design a good system This is something I struggle with a lot as my responsibilities take me further and further from the day to day of software engineering. Keeping up with the
ai
People don’t really want innovation People talk about innovation a whole lot, but what they are usually looking for is cheap wins and novelty. If you truly innovate, and change the way that people have to do things, expect mostly negative feedback. If you believe in what you’re
programming
Your data is the most important part of your system I’ve seen a lot of systems where hope was the primary mechanism of data integrity. In systems like this, anything that happens off the golden path creates partial or dirty data. Dealing with this data in the future can
programming
Look for technological sharks Old technologies that have stuck around are sharks, not dinosaurs. They solve problems so well that they have survived the rapid changes that occur constantly in the technology world. Don’t bet against these technologies, and replace them only if you have a very good reason.
crypto
Lord give me the confidence of a disgraced South Korean cryptocurrency developer who just vaporized $45 billion (View Tweet) or SBF going on his media tour literally days before his arrest[1] In a Twitter Spaces during the day on Monday, Bankman-Fried said, “I don’t think I will be
music
13% of my waking hours were spent listening to music this year, holy shit. metalcore (also known as metallic hardcore) is a fusion music genre that combines elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. As with other styles blending metal and hardcore, such as crust punk and grindcore, metalcore is
obsidian
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computer
Mac Show Hidden Folders View Hidden Files in Finder In Finder, you can click your hard drive under Locations, then open your Macintosh HD folder. Press Command + Shift + . (period) to make the hidden files appear. You can also do the same from inside the Documents, Applications, and Desktop folders. (View
open-source
I was first attracted to open source – public code that everybody relies upon – after observing that its developers are creating trillions of dollars in economic value, while giving away their code for free. The common explanation for this discrepancy is that open source is a volunteer group effort, like Wikipedia.
open-source
For me, it was open source developers that helped me make sense of the future. They've long experienced the frog-boiling that came with prior social norms of “everybody participates” butting up against the reality of “participation doesn't scale.” And they have to figure it out in