More reconsiderations posts are in the offing, probably next week, but, as has been the case since the end of April , I remain hard at work on completing the first draft of the upcoming second…

There's a state every builder eventually finds when the problem in front of you temporarily becomes the single most important object in existence. Call it flow or call it focus: founders, research…

It’s been about over a month since i last wrote anything here. a lot has happened during that time. some of it was good, some of it was the result of decisions that, looking back now, i wish i had…

I admired Om Malik and his writing for my entire adult life, then had the fortune of knowing him. A remembrance of a friend, mentor, critic, and guide.

Most people gamble on success — they assume the thing will work, and they're genuinely surprised when it doesn't. A tiny, birdlike kung fu master taught me to gamble on failure instead. Expect every…

The field manual for the overconfident intern. The actual decisions I make before and during the work, and the one-page map I wish someone had handed me two years ago.

A practical guide to producing a defensible and aligned strategy in three weeks when your board has five different meanings of the word strategy.

“Voting with your feet” usually means leaving. You don’t like the schools, or the taxes, or the politics, so you move somewhere that suits you better. Lately I have tended towards staying &…

Well. Apologies for another hiatus—that was a very busy few weeks. I’ll put to one side some personal matters I’ve had to deal with, and some external work that was quite interesting. Ph.D.…

Jesus Christ it’s hot. Man alive it’s so fucking hot.

Being organized allows you to do what you love with less energy, you know, more efficiency. And it's just important to develop a system for yourself that works.…

I was hired to lead the AI rollout for 900+ engineers at a $2bn+ sports betting company. Sports betting is an older industry, and older industries tend to have a larger gap to close when technology…

In which Stephen considers matters of taste

In this episode, Conor and Bryce chat about GPU MODE, programming languages, post AGI, Wingspan, lawn care and more!

“even though it's weird it's not wrong”This week, Sammy teasers some writing that will only be available via sneakerweb. Aljoscha teasers some music that will only be available via sneakerweb. And…

You answered forty emails today. Scheduled three meetings, forwarded two threads, CC’d a person who needed to be aware. You closed the laptop tired, and the day had a shape. So you worked. The…

I've just read this great post by Brennan. It's mostly about the fact that we as society turn away to a lot of the meat industries' horrific actions and just eat the meat we want to eat. Who cares if…

For the first time ever, I have marked down the Amazon Kindle edition of 100-Word Writing Habit to 99¢. The Kindle edition has been carefully coded to mimic the experience of the paperback as closely…

Café life Quote of the Day ”Criticism and Bolshevism have one thing in common. They both seek to pull down that which they could never build.” Noel Coward Musical alternative to the morning’s radio…

nothing new on the main site, just announcing that i launched a webring for yaoi fans!

This is a blog post that goes along with the most recent bonus pod! You can listen to the first 15 minutes of the bonus pod below, but you’ll have to subscribe on Patreon to get the RSS feed of…

A friend of mine has been looking for a UX research role. She is good. She has the experience, the portfolio, the references. And she has spent weeks applying. She talked it through with me, and the…

Om Malik’s family: Om Malik passed away on June 24, 2026, at Stanford Hospital after a long health journey with his heart. He was surrounded by family and friends. I’ve read Om’s writing since before…

Bild: Geplanter Kreisverkehr Oskar-Hoffmann-Straße / Steinring. Die Verwaltung hat neue Planungen für die Oskar-Hoffmann-Straße zwischen Universitätsstraße und Steinring vorgelegt. Ein…

Had a really good conversation with a colleague the other day as to why I don’t use AI a whole lot outside of when work mandates usage of AI. If I come across a long blog post, I rarely read…

Key Takeaways for Mid-Year Goal Reviews–also known as “Halfway Day”: Strategic quitting: Give yourself permission to abandon goals that no longer serve you. Self-compassion: If you…

Oh my god, our Om is gone. This just hit me like a train 😢  I loved to sit down with him at South Park – he had that one bench he loved so much. And now I wish we had gone on more walks…

Bild: Veloroute #1, Abzweig von der Neidenburger Straße in die Grünanlage. Veloroute #1 bleibt Pseudo-Veloroute Die Veloroute #1 des Tiefbauamts existiert so gar nicht im Radverkehrskonzept. In…

I got the results for the two evening courses I took last term, with VG for both (i.e., I passed!)

“Here’s how we did it” is one of my favorite phrases to hear in a healthy startup ecosystem. Collaborative learning benefits everyone and the startup which initiates the discussion…

june log :3

Slow week in hot weather. When Ghyll and I go out the sun is stifling. Something blunt and bludgeoning about the sun on a hot day in northern climes: in Florida the sun has sharp canines and so…

My friend groups and social circles have always been like large, countless bubbles. As time passes in my life, those same bubbles got smaller and smaller.

If you have’t heard, Om Malik passed away. People are sharing stories of their graceful encounters with him. This one is mine. Back at the beginning of 2021, I set a goal to write 72 blog posts. I…

buying a volkswagen virtus changed the way i look at the roads in my country, traffic, patience, and the strange civic chaos we all create together.

Early last year I took a career break and started focusing on living a more creative and softer life. I wrote up my thoughts into a creative and soft life lab, of sorts. Learn more: creative and soft…

The quest for split keyboards

Last weekend, I went to my FIRST EVER horse riding class. While I’ve found plenty of stories about adults ‘going back to’ horse riding, I didn’t see many about adults just…

While resilience takes us far in life, being antifragile takes us further. Here's what being antifragile means, and how you introduce it into your life.

E. Florian Gludovacz

How do actually make meaningful money on Instagram? That’s what I wanted to find out when I sat down with Gannon Meyer. He’s figured out how to turn social media attention into actual…

I'm currently at my desk, listening to the discography of Elliot Smith from the very start. I'm on the latter half of Roman Candle right now. He's one of those artists that I know the hits from, and…

Shorah! Registration Deadline Correction Folks, we made an error with our registration deadline. We had originally posted that the deadline was July 1st, but that deadline is specifically for merch…

"Work, work." Hello everyone! Happy to be back. You might have noticed I was gone for a couple of weeks and probably thought to yourself “he said he was going to do weekly posts but that only lasted…

I'd like to try to post here every day but I know I won't be able to keep up with full essay-like posts every day so I've decided that sometimes I'll just post a quote from a book that I'm reading…

lundi 15 Ma fille avait fait une sieste hier soir, donc elle s'était couchée très tard. Eh ben, on va voir. Elle a un examen ce matin. Ma fille était fière d'obtenir la note maximale à son quiz sur…

My friend paints my nails, we gossip, and I unlock a new major life skill?

not posted on father's day

21岁的生活允许不受控制的情绪反噬，允许信誓旦旦地做下一个日后后悔的决定，允许半夜睡不着也想不出创新点，允许怎么也提高不了的效率，允许我就是不想上班也不想加班，允许一个一事无成的晚上，允许一段打不齐的四小节，允许打鼓时刘海遮住眼睛，允许无意识的臭脸，允许焦躁和褊狭，攀比和自卑，允许自己打碎未来的某一部分，甚至打碎某一部分的整个未来 允许我大喊，我就是这么一个不齿的人…