What I learned this week 03-14-2026

What I learned this week Software SQLite skip scan Dead internet arrival Namespace prevents bucket squatting Business/Finance Interesting Links Wow, 21 years off grid Clacker news Math/Stats Travel Other Doom
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What I learned this week 03-07-2026

What I learned this week Software I did not know that appending a shell command with & runs it asynchronously. You can view running things with jobs. nc ip port to send a message to a port, nc -lv port to listen to it. yes just pipes y to stdout over and over pstree for viewing process tree on Linux (all starts from systemd) powermetrics is useful for cpu/process info.
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What I learned this week 02-28-2026

What I learned this week Software One step from magic the bottleneck in AI-assisted development isn’t the quality of your ideas - it’s the quality of your feedback loops. Business/Finance Why isn’t GDP growing faster????? Insider trading pt 1000 Insider trading part 1001 Levered single stock etfs Interesting Links The best college hockey player My new favorite hickey team name Obree Math/Stats Travel Other Distill scientific papers wild way to pay rent
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What I learned this week 02-21-2026

What I learned this week Software your org rarely has good ideas. ideas being expensive to implement was actually helping Sony pictures hack The “AI makes people boring.” Thesis Business/Finance Interesting Links Belarus likes to drink A new word I learned Ski ballet AI proof business? 2 Rubiks Cubes 2 Cig 2 Beer Lasers Math/Stats Jensen’s inequality, I’d like to write an article about this one Travel Other Penis injections…
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What I learned this week 02-14-2026

What I learned this week Software Nice overview of PolyMarket activity Another interesting “deploy software here” business Amazing website, good content as well - how is data stored Fast LLM inference, we’re going to get model on a chip soon Business/Finance The Economic Impact of Mass Deportations Interesting Links Paddy lost DIY noise canceling headphones Math/Stats Travel Other I feel like long Fishing line makes for a good analogy for complexity as project grows in size (both scope # or people).
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What I learned this week 02-07-2026

What I learned this week Software 3D engine The Website is down Nobody knows how the whole system works Business/Finance Good overview of sub penny rule Physical products are… difficult Oops Interesting Links Vacant land fraud Math/Stats Travel Other The Tenkara bum blog Places to fish: Willow springs creek hike behind the dam Canyon creek, passed woods canyon Silver creek (upper) show low
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What I learned this week 02-01-2026

What I learned this week Software SQL > Business/Finance SUbstack tv Gambling on…. wait… gambling TSMC pushing risk to hyper scalers Interesting Links On the saw, this dude is the CEO of Obsidian First make me care Removal of security theater Slop Markets in everything Math/Stats Travel Other
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What I learned this week 01-24-2026

What I learned this week Software Being useful Business/Finance Stupid title but interesting Interesting Links “Put differently, there were fewer births in China in 2025 than in 1776” I got some of these spicy peppers from my neighbor Evil exists primarily in the eye of the beholder, especially in the eye of the victim. Math/Stats Travel Other
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What I learned this week 01-17-2026

What I learned this week Software Need to try out sprites Tailscale remote into device Prepared statement, the anti-sql injection The over engineered data pipeline Business/Finance The Blog that made me start writing Pair trade Iron Condor Interesting Links Existential choice paralysis Math/Stats Travel Other
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What I learned this week 01-10-2026

What I learned this week Software Planet scale Andy’s annual review Modern column storage Business/Finance Interesting thoughts about modern work Interesting Links FogCam 18000 water cups Math/Stats Travel Traveling »»> Other The Crazy Alberto The real issue people miss is that code isn’t an asset, it’s a liability. Every line of code is a potential bug or something that will slow down your future development. Experienced devs know to weight trade offs of more code vs maintainability.
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