As part of my ongoing (and somewhat futile) efforts to ReDeCentralise, I’m looking at moving my personal projects away from GitHub. I already have accounts with GitLab and CodeBerg – but both of those sites are run by someone else. … Read more
Amazon’s Leadership Principles are famous, not just within Amazon but also in the tech world at large. While they’re frequently mocked — including by Amazonians — they’re also generally sensible rules by which to run a company. I’ve been an … Read more
I’m about to head away from looking after this site for a few weeks (part vacation, part work stuff). As I contemplate some weeks away from the daily routine, I feel an urge to share some scattered thoughts about the … Read more
A guest post by Eric Allender prompted by an (incorrect) P ≠ NP proof recently published in Springer Nature’s Frontiers of Computer Science. For a time, I served as Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Computation Theory, and in this role I had to deal regularly … Read more
This year was my first time attending YC Demo Day. It’s a fascinating event and, really a fascinating product for investors. Growing up in the bay area, I remember over a decade ago admiring people in YC. I was always … Read more
Almost two years ago I recorded a podcast with Tomás Mandl on his book Modern Paraguay: Uncovering South America’s Best Kept Secret. If you have been following me since then you might already know that Friedrich Nietzsche’s sister moved to … Read more
May 16, 2025 Thoughts on thinking I have been stuck. Every time I sit down to write a blog post, code a feature, or start a project, I come to the same realization: in the context of AI, what I’m … Read more
Thoughts Upon Slavery by John Wesley (1774) John Wesley Published in the year 1774 source: http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/wesley/thoughtsuponslavery.stm See also: The Bible and Slavery I. 1. By slavery, I mean domestic slavery, or that of a servant to a … Read more
on the Amtrak from Denver to Sacramento When I get to write or read on a screen that’s reflecting the sun back at me instead of needing to be shielded from it, I get a dose of this feeling that … Read more
In March 2024, a new AI company burst onto the scene with impressive backing: a $21 million Series A led by Founders Fund, with support from industry leaders including the Collison brothers, Elad Gil, and other tech luminaries. The team … Read more