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Reflections on 10k Hours of Programming
I'm certainly not a world-class expert, but I have put my 10,000 hours of deliberate practice into programming. Here are 31 of my reflections on programming.
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 640 posts.
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Apophenia: How the Internet Transforms the Individual into a Conspiracy of One
How the Internet Transforms the Individual into a Conspiracy of One
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Early Retirement (2006)
The joys, challenges, and some practical aspects of retiring young.
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The surreal experience of my first developer job
Nearly ten years ago I graduated with a degree in Mathematics & Computing, with a keen interest in pursuing a career involving maths and programming, but with little idea how. First and foremost I had decided to stay in Manchester after uni, rather than risk getting stuck at my parents' if I moved...
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Spreadsheet formulas for personal finance
I love spreadsheets. Spreadsheet programs like Microsoft’s Excel, Apple’s Numbers and Google Sheets are the secret heroes of our civilization.
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Back to Linux
Background Note: I’ve started writing this article about one year ago (September 2020), but I dropped it at some point. Its final version is way less ambitious than my original plans for it, mostly because I forgot some of things that were on mind back then. Still, better than nothing. A long time ago (in 2011) I…
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How to summon and sell your soul to Satan and other devils
Selling your soul has never been easier. Today, there are plenty of demonology books that teach you how to bargain with Lucifer, written by authors who have probably done this themselves on multiple occasions.
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Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed (2010)
Well I'm in the working world again. I've found myself a well-paying gig in the engineering industry, and life finally feels like it's returning to normal after my nine months of traveling. Beca...
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I Am Parting with My Crypto Library
The time has come for me to find a new home for my (paper) cryptography library. It’s about 150 linear feet of books, conference proceedings, journals, and monographs—mostly from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. My preference is that it goes to an educational institution, but will consider a corporate or personal home if…
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Who Owns My Name?
Does my name belong to me? Does my face? What about my life? My story? Why is my name used to refer to events I had no hand in? I return to…
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How I store my files
Have you ever lost important data? I have. I learned doing backups the hard way after I lost a entire book I had just finished writing!
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One Tenth of a Second
Notes on Jimena Canales book
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Evil programmer's tip: avoid “easy” things (2016)
My writing has recently prompted an anonymous commenter to declare that people like me are what's wrong with the world. Oh joy! – finally, after all these years of doing evil, some recognition! Excited, I decided to share one of my battle-tested evil tips, which never ever failed evil me.
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Coding with Character
Monospaced fonts are no longer just utilitarian tools—they can also be playful & fun
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In defense of hard counters in real time strategy games
This article is supported by my Patreon. If you like what you see, please consider contributing. I feel like hard counters get a bad rap in RTS games. There are a lot of arguments out there both fo…
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Smart Phone, Dumb Terminal
Using your phone as a dumb terminal with a Bluetooth keyboard
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Co-working with friends over video in virtual gather.town office
Starting March 2021, I’ve been spending the majority of my working time co-working with my friends over video in my virtual gather.town office. The sessions are usually pre-scheduled, last 2-16 hours, and we do brief check-ins every 30 minutes. Most people I co-worked with told me that they really enjoyed the…
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Farmers always worked from home
Farmers effectively work from home, and in the past majority of the population was farming. What can they teach us about Work-Life Balance?
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My First CSS
Insights from the Kablamo Engineering Team
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Don't Be Anti Car. Be Pro Something Else.
People hate change. They have something of a tendency to dig their heels in and be against it just because it is new and different. They as...
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Becoming a Chess Grandmaster
How exactly can one become a Chess Grandmaster? And who is the youngest ever Grandmaster? These and more questions I answer in this article.
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The Highest Forms of Wealth
Wealth is easy to measure but hard to value.
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If Richard Feynman applied for a job at Microsoft (2002)
Interviewer: Now comes the part of the interview where we ask a question to test your creative thinking ability. Don’t think too hard about it, just
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The value of doing a little
Often, doing a little is better than doing a lot.
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It doesn't take much public creativity to stand out as a job candidate
I’ve spent nearly twenty years blogging, giving talks and releasing open source code. It’s been fantastic for my career, and a huge amount of work. But here’s a useful secret: …
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Papers every developer should read at least twice (2009)
10 Papers Every Developer Should Read - (At Least Twice)
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My mindfulness practice led me to meltdown
How My Mindfulness Practice Lead Me To Meltdown