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).

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

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

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

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

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.

What I learned this week Software Setuid Business/Finance Accounting explained in graphs Interesting Links A Modern Movie Ranking Cool site for learning knots Ghost guns Math/Stats Travel Other New Years Resolutions: Become conversationally proficient in Spanish Be able to fish for myself both shore fishing and stream fishing (not fly fishing) Continue to Travel as much as possible

What I learned this week Software Livecoding melodic DNB music in Strudel Business/Finance Selling onions > Selling software Sell your… voice Interesting Links Nonce When a measure become a target it ceases to become a good measure… goof background on Goodhart’s law sepulchral Math/Stats Great Transformer explainer Travel Other Chicken Stock

What I learned this week Software readability, hackability and abstraction Reverse a hexdump cat some_file.txt | xxd -r >reversed_hex_dump.txt Databento looks great Start a dev container Business/Finance Insider trading? Interesting Links Cool rugs Think before grabbing Why are so many peds killed by cars Math/Stats Travel Other Need to build this custom big mouth bass

What I learned this week Software Cool designs Interesting points That’s also why I see no point in using AI to, say, write an essay, just like I see no point in bringing a forklift to the gym. Sure, it can lift the weights, but I’m not trying to suspend a barbell above the floor for the hell of it. I lift it because I want to become the kind of person who can lift it.