It's easy for the hungry to appreciate food just as it's easy for a binge eater to despise their attachment to food. The key is to appreciate the importance of food while not becoming enslaved by it. The key is to nourish yourself with the food without losing respect for...

One thing I love about software is how asymmetric the output is to the input. Maybe this is why when many developers  burnout they reach for things where the input and output are intimately linked. Things like  gardening and  baking bread. 

I love the latter too now. For the most...

I remember my first time watching  Breaking Bad feeling more world like. The arcs that the character went through felt like phases more than just something that happened as part of a plot over a few episodes. 

This time around I can see things develop and I'm astonished how quickly...

Similar to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, I can recount going through stages with different levels of intimidation when confronting software. In the beginning, any thought of code intimidated me. Any mention of apps, the command line, or even HTML websites struck the feeling of imposterhood deep into me.

Excitement It wasn't...

I spent the summer of 2016 desperately trying to write a novel. Most days I didn't manage more than a paragraph. I' spend most of my laptop time distracted on either reading about successful tech people or watching random things on Youtube . One day I came across a choose...

This Saturday is our introductory meeting for the Echo and Narcissus writing club. I'm glad that I already have my narcissus decided. All I need to do now is re-read my favorite stories by Colin Barrett and pick two excerpts. 

I'm looking forward to writing out what I like about these...

Increasingly I've come to respect the harmonious truth in thinking big, acting small . When it comes to doing anything long term enjoyably, it's less the late night scenes hacking away. It's less about realizing there's some market to be had and trying to chase it. It's more about you...

I was thinking last night about an odd triplet. The three of us don't look like we'd be part of the same friend circle. We don't even write in similar ways like  GabrielGreco and I do. And yet it's now just after 2.5...

Sometimes when watching a show like Breaking Bad I wonder why don't these bad guys just let Walter be. As a viewer I find it obvious that the protagonists are exceptions to the rule and that somehow they're going to disrupt the normal environment. Given this I'd think the best...

Inspired by Book Darts Brandon Wilson and popular note taking tools Roam Research and Notion I've spiked a basic bi-directional linking user-interaction. Now you can use it by typing [[ (double brackets). After typing double brackets a popup will suggest existing topics...