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Librarians are dangerous
A public service announcement
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The most popular blog posts about life, learning & writing on Hacker News. 7,740 posts.
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How to build quickly
Do “outline speedrunning”: Recursively outline an MVP, speedrun filling it in, and only then go back and perfect. This is a ~10x speed up over the ‘loading-bar’ style (more on that below) Don’t just read this article and move on. Go out and do this for the very next thing you make so you can […]
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I Lost Faith in Kagi
Issues with Kagi's AI focus, finances and leadership
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How to improve your WFH lighting to reduce eye strain
I work from home everyday, I am susceptible to eye strain, eye pain, and dizziness. Having a working environment that’s as easy on my eyes as possible is of critical importance. I'd like to share what I've learned over the years in hopes that it can be helpful to you if you work from home, and like many, have…
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Procrastination is connected to perfectionism
Procrastination is a common issue , which occurs when people unnecessarily postpone decisions or actions, generally despite knowing that doing so is likely to cause them issues .
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Too many people have peed in the pool
Oh goodness, what fun twitter was in the early days, a secret bathing-pool in a magical glade in an enchanted forest. It was glorious ‘to turn as swimmers into cleanness leaping.’ We frolicked and water-bombed and sometimes, in the moonlight, skinny-dipped.
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Red Light Green Light
I was listening to the Tim Ferriss Show podcast episode #532 with Sheila Heen (Harvard Negotiation Project, co-author of Difficult Conversations: How To Discuss What Matters Most) and a specific story she told during the conversation really resonated with me and I have been thinking alot about it since I heard it…
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The health benefits of better air
Why the air you breathe matters, and what to do about it.
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Computers as I used to love them
File synchronization can be fun and painless if you don’t have to deal with corporate bullshit.
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The Most Popular Blogs of Hacker News in 2025
Who were the most popular personal bloggers of 2025, and what made them successful on Hacker News?
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I bricked my Christmas lights
Reverse engineering Bluetooth LE LED light controllers, or How I Bricked My Christmas Lights If a device communicates via Bluetooth LE and has an app, it deserves to be integrated into my home automation system. I’ve spent a significant amount of time reverse engineering various budget-friendly LED light strips to...
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Helen Keller on her life before self-consciousness (1908)
From The World I Live In , by Helen Keller Before my teacher came to me, I did not know that I am. I lived in a world that was a no-world....
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My Friend Aaron
This one is about my friend, Aaron. I met him at school, and in our first year when we were eleven years old I told him I wanted to be his best friend but he…
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I logged my activities at 15-minute intervals for the whole year
What do I actually do with my time? How productive am I? I logged everything I did in 2020 and got some pretty cool data out of this.
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My second year without a job
Reflecting on two years of unemployment: personal growth, financial lessons, and creative pursuits like music and startups. Here's how I navigated year two without a job.
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Sit.
Notes on mental health, motivation and Agile.
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Conversation skills essentials
A teacher friend of mine told me that this year students were different. If she asked to see a hall pass from a freshman, they'd give her the finger. They swore at her and were gen...
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The day Steve Jobs dissed me in a keynote (2010)
Derek Sivers official site. Thoughts on philosophy, culture, self-improvement. Author of Useful Not True, How to Live, Hell Yeah or No, Anything You Want.
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