Where I Am
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…
Being Awake When the World Isn't
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…
Another Chance
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…
Good bye, Om Malik
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.
Gambling on Failure
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…
In Which I Draw a Few Conclusions About Managing It
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.
When your board wants a strategy and you have three weeks
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 Feet
“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 &…
Sabbatical Diary: Weeks 35---38
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.…
Worse than ‘76
Jesus Christ it’s hot. Man alive it’s so fucking hot.
JT Van Zandt on Organization
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.…
What I Learned Rolling Out AI to 900+ Engineers
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…
Esteemed by local connoisseurs
In which Stephen considers matters of taste
Episode 292: GPU MODE, PLs, Post AGI, Wingspan & Lawn Care
In this episode, Conor and Bryce chat about GPU MODE, programming languages, post AGI, Wingspan, lawn care and more!
Week 26 (2026)
“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…
I Email, Therefore I Work
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…
Reduce, don't quit
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…
100-Word Writing Habit 99¢ on Kindle
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…
Friday 26 June, 2026
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…
25/6/26: webring launch
nothing new on the main site, just announcing that i launched a webring for yaoi fans!
The Menswear In Heat (1995)
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…
Finding the Job Is Harder Than Doing It. So I Made a UXR-Only Job Board.
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, 1966-2026
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…
Neue Pläne für die Oskar-Hoffmann-Straße
Bild: Geplanter Kreisverkehr Oskar-Hoffmann-Straße / Steinring. Die Verwaltung hat neue Planungen für die Oskar-Hoffmann-Straße zwischen Universitätsstraße und Steinring vorgelegt. Ein…
AI Output
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…
How to Review Your Mid-Year Goals: Lessons Learned from Halfway Day
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…
R.I.P. Om Malik 🖤
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…
Nochmal 600.000 € für (k)eine Veloroute
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…
Testability of the Claim That Cognitive Science Can Be Effectively Applied to Embodied Non-Neural Systems [Essay assignment]
I got the results for the two evening courses I took last term, with VG for both (i.e., I passed!)
Let’s Learn Together: Financial Tools Startup Ambrook Spent Six Weeks Helping Their Entire Team Adopt AI. And Now They’ve Open Sourced the Materials
“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…
05.17.2026
june log :3
Hot weather
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…
Smaller and Smaller Circles
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.
My Om Malik Story
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…
i became the traffic i used to blame
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.
creative & soft life lab
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…
Weekly Post #129
The quest for split keyboards
My First Horse Riding as an Adult Beginner
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…
Designing Our Lives To Be Antifragile
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.
🥔 Small Potatoes
E. Florian Gludovacz
How I Went From $0 To 6 figures on Instagram (67-Minute Masterclass) | 134
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…
watching the clouds from my tower in the sky
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…
Registration Deadline Correction
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 generates work.
"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…
Quote Post - Ernest Becker
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…
La semaine du 15 juin au 21 juin
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…
painting nails and gossiping
My friend paints my nails, we gossip, and I unlock a new major life skill?
How Mo(u)rning Finds You.
not posted on father's day
21 Guns
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…