The Irregular Journal of a Pseudo-Random Software Engineer
… is a bad idea. I tried it twice before, but that was a long time ago. Last week I received a free weekly pass, so decided to give it another shot. I own a Btwin Riverside 120, and despite the slightly uncomfortable saddle it’s served me well. On a less windy day or with […]
If not now, when? Every aspiring entrepreneur has asked themselves this question – sometimes in passing, sometimes in moments that refuse to let go.
I’ll let the pictures talk.
After using Safari as the default browser on my personal computer for a few months, I am switching to Arc. Boy, Arc is orders of magnitude quick.
When connected to a portable monitor, Steam Deck is practically a laptop. Its desktop mode makes you feel right at home with a fully featured KDE interface on top of SteamOS.
After 4 years of resisting a good deal, I finally gave in. The new Mac mini is such a beast at a sweet price point that it was hard to avoid, especially with my laptop now more than two years old. Abiding by my GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) avoidance strategy, I have decided to sell […]
The 8th edition of my weekly newsletter is out – a collection of interesting things I learned (or realized) last week (roughly) – in a quick-read package. Today I Learned (TIL) is a weekly newsletter where I share interesting insights I learned last week from podcasts, books, and self-realization. I aim to share 7 insights, […]
This is a book about becoming a 2x or 3x version of yourself sustainably – without artificial means such as performance-enhancing drugs.
Chasing grand goals relies on lucky breaks or circumstances outside of our control. An effective antidote is lifestyle-centric planning – defining a master narrative and then working backward to fulfill it.
The higher-level APIs provided an abstraction over the low-level stuff and were supposed to be cross-platform and easy to use. Unfortunately, it didn’t turn out to be that easy to use.