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How To Retain Friendships Over Years
you ever think of all the people you still think about that u never reach out to anymore? isn't that sad. three ways to change that.
How to Feel Good More Often And Automatically
How I got out of a rough patch in life with help from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
How I Actually Stay Productive (as a Software Engineer)
A rundown of the two tools I use to stay productive as a software engineer: my startup routine and my work journal.
The Essential Guide to Grabbing More Software Engineering Interviews
With the 7 concepts in this guide, you’ll get more interviews (and internships) than you'll have time for.
How To Invest in Index Funds
Set up a passive investing system in just an afternoon with this actionable and complete guide to IRAs, index funds and investing.
How Not To Die
Most deaths in the United States are preventable, and they are caused by what we eat.
The Ten Commandments of Clear and Cohesive Sentences
If I am a prophet, these are ten commandments from my god, Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace.
How To Write Rich and Elegant Sentences
Learn to add to a sentence but not take away, learn to balance a sentence but in parts, learn to end a sentence but with impact.
How To Retain Friendships Over Years
you ever think of all the people you still think about that u never reach out to anymore? isn't that sad. three ways to change that.
How to Feel Good More Often And Automatically
How I got out of a rough patch in life with help from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
How I Actually Stay Productive (as a Software Engineer)
A rundown of the two tools I use to stay productive as a software engineer: my startup routine and my work journal.
The Essential Guide to Grabbing More Software Engineering Interviews
With the 7 concepts in this guide, you’ll get more interviews (and internships) than you'll have time for.
How To Invest in Index Funds
Set up a passive investing system in just an afternoon with this actionable and complete guide to IRAs, index funds and investing.
How Not To Die
Most deaths in the United States are preventable, and they are caused by what we eat.
How To Retain Friendships Over Years
you ever think of all the people you still think about that u never reach out to anymore? isn't that sad. three ways to change that.
How to Feel Good More Often And Automatically
How I got out of a rough patch in life with help from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
How I Actually Stay Productive (as a Software Engineer)
A rundown of the two tools I use to stay productive as a software engineer: my startup routine and my work journal.
The Essential Guide to Grabbing More Software Engineering Interviews
With the 7 concepts in this guide, you’ll get more interviews (and internships) than you'll have time for.
Latest Articles
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stop fetishizing deep work
do you use focus time as an excuse to ignore friends and family? this and other questions
the myth of sisyphus (existential crisis solution)
Albert Camus, the novelist and philosopher compared the meaninglessness of the human condition to the Greek myth of Sisyphus.
useful keyboard shortcuts you don't know yet
Keyboard shortcuts I use every day, on Mac. One makes you more charismatic.
how to clean a bathroom
How to clean a bathroom + musings about why Reddit has the best content
the smaller the draft, the more thorough the feedback
aka why writing is like coding
Rabbit Hole To Make You Smile: BTS
Need new music? Try BTS. Because oh my goodness it will fill your soul
How Not To Die
Most deaths in the United States are preventable, and they are caused by what we eat.
Notes From A Masterclass in Fiction
Interesting and useful ideas from A Swim in a Pond in the Rain. It's a book by George Saunders, that guides us through seven short stories.
stop fetishizing deep work
do you use focus time as an excuse to ignore friends and family? this and other questions
the myth of sisyphus (existential crisis solution)
Albert Camus, the novelist and philosopher compared the meaninglessness of the human condition to the Greek myth of Sisyphus.
useful keyboard shortcuts you don't know yet
Keyboard shortcuts I use every day, on Mac. One makes you more charismatic.
how to clean a bathroom
How to clean a bathroom + musings about why Reddit has the best content
the smaller the draft, the more thorough the feedback
aka why writing is like coding
Rabbit Hole To Make You Smile: BTS
Need new music? Try BTS. Because oh my goodness it will fill your soul
stop fetishizing deep work
do you use focus time as an excuse to ignore friends and family? this and other questions
the myth of sisyphus (existential crisis solution)
Albert Camus, the novelist and philosopher compared the meaninglessness of the human condition to the Greek myth of Sisyphus.
useful keyboard shortcuts you don't know yet
Keyboard shortcuts I use every day, on Mac. One makes you more charismatic.
how to clean a bathroom
How to clean a bathroom + musings about why Reddit has the best content
Finance
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Your RSUs got you confused? Same, have some answers and also more questions
How To Invest in Index Funds
Set up a passive investing system in just an afternoon with this actionable and complete guide to IRAs, index funds and investing.
Social
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How To Retain Friendships Over Years
you ever think of all the people you still think about that u never reach out to anymore? isn't that sad. three ways to change that.
How to Keep In Touch With Friends Over Text
What a successful texting habit looks like and how it can help.
A Hilarious Game to Share with Old and New Friends
A hundred years passed and my brother and I discovered a new application, a two player game named...
Travel
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Learning to Take Care of Myself While Traveling
Should I Move to Amsterdam in April?
Today, my recruiter called me and told me I could work in Amsterdam instead of San Francisco.
Productivity
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The Deload Week: A Novel Way to Balance Work and Life
If you get confused on how to balance work and play, consider a deload week.
How to Change Your Life—A Corollary to Conway’s Law
Conway's Law says that startups ship products that reflect their org charts. My corollary says...
Why I’ve Decided I Should Always Be Asking
Three reasons I try to always ask people to explain when they drop a reference I don't get.
Life
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How to Feel Good More Often And Automatically
How I got out of a rough patch in life with help from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
Work in Progress: My Life Philosophy
The trouble with Buddhism and Stoicism, and why I like Nietszche's response.
I Used a Gap Year To Change My Identity. And It Worked!
When I was in school, I didn't see myself reaching for my dreams.
Software Engineering
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The Essential Guide to Grabbing More Software Engineering Interviews
With the 7 concepts in this guide, you’ll get more interviews (and internships) than you'll have time for.
What It Was Like Interning at Qualcomm and Apple
"Not sure if I have impostor syndrome or am an actual impostor." Aka, what I learned at my first two software engineering internships.
What It Was Like Interning at Google
At Google, I finally learned how to be productive as a software engineer... mostly.
Writing
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How to Take Smart Notes (Zettelkasten) in 800 Words
Loose summary of a seminal book on note-taking. Permanently changed how I approach writing.
Copywork: A Proven Method to Improve Your Writing
Minor deity Benjamin Franklin used copywork to improve his writing. Now I try the same.
Bigger Is Not Better: A Response to My Good Friend Ray
An unnecessarily passionate case for using small words over big words.
Startups
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In Search of Product Market Fit: Education for the First 100 Days
Varied insights on product/market fit from Paul Graham and others.
How to Flail at Doing a Startup, Part 1: The Story So Far
An indie hacker (me) in the thick of it. A fascinating map of my headspace two months into working on Quickapply.
How to Flail at Doing a Startup, Part 3: A Wild Cofounder Appeared
An indie hacker (me) in the thick of it. A map of my headspace while going from a reasonably validated MVP to a V1.
Books
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How To Read More and Better: My Lightweight Reading System
My current reading practices distilled into 11 steps and 400 words. These practices keep reading light and fun :)
Need a New Book? My Favorite Booklists, in One Place
While there are many lists of books, there are few lists of lists of books, so I add to the list with my list of lists of books 😝
On My Favorite Book, J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey
"I’m sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody. I’m sick of myself and everybody else that wants to make some kind of a splash."
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