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Programming Is Mostly Thinking (2014)
Pretend you have a really great programming day. You only have to attend a few meetings, have only a few off-topic conversations, don'...
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The most popular blog posts about life, learning & writing on Hacker News. 8,925 posts.
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You are what you read, even if you don't always remember it
Here’s Dave Rupert ( from my notes ): the goal of a book isn’t to get to the last page, it’s to expand your thinking. I have to constantly remind myself of…
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1:60 scale Boeing 777 made from manila folders
The homepage of the work for which I'm best known — a model Boeing 777, made entirely from manila folders!
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Have a personal web site
Hello! This is my personal web site. It’s not much, but it’s mine. After nearly a decade of just barely existing, I’ve spent quite a bit of time in 2019 trying to breathe new life into it. At this point, I think just about everyone–but especially folks in the software...
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I am retiring from tech to live offline
AI took the last of the wind out of my Open Source sails. I wish you all the best!
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Goodbye Joe
Today, we've learned of Joe's passing away. I wasn't a super close friend of Joe, but I have known him and talked with him at various conferences over the last ten years or so. He's unsurprisingly been a huge influence in my career, and so I thought I should write this little post about him and his impact.
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I like 'em thick: an apology to my English teachers
OR: an apology to my English teachers
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Six Months of Tiny Projects
In this post I'll give an update on how my Tiny Projects are performing six months on, and the pros and cons of launching micro-businesses.
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After two years of vibecoding, I'm back to writing by hand
Agents write units of changes that look good in isolation. They are consistent with themselves and your prompt. But respect for the whole, there is not.
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I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed
When discussing scams and social engineering attacks, it's easy for security experts to imply the victims of these attacks should have known better. And, as much as we may like to think we'd handle these situations so much better, that's just not true.
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The Case for Slow Programming
My dad used to say, “Slow down, son. You’ll get the job done faster.” I’ve worked in many high-tech startup companies in the San Francisco Bay area. I am now 52, and I progr…
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Why I'm a Pirate
Why I’m a Pirate! par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.
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The hardest working font in Manhattan
A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.
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Overkill objects for everyday life
I routinely make a fool of myself when I tell friends I want a Martin Baker ejection seat as a chair in my living room. Of course, with the pyrotechnic charge removed. Seriously, I would totally buy it if it weren't $5,000 on eBay and I've got
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How I got to 200 productive hours a month
A tested approach to improve your focus and productivity
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Some things just take time
On friction, patience, and planting trees.
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My solopreneur story
Today is exactly 2 years since I quit my job and become a full-time indie hacker.
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Reasons not to become famous
I felt like I somehow needed fame. In retrospect, there was a lot of self-loathing from tough childhood experiences, and I desperately hoped that love from without (i.e., from masses of other people) would somehow make up for hate from within.
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If you are useful, it doesn't mean you are valued
The difference can be subtle
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Working on databases from prison
How Preston Thorpe went from a prison cell and a college program to a full-time database engineering role at Turso, working on the SQLite rewrite in Rust.
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Writing one sentence per line
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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I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed
I still love developing but the shifts that AI have brought are tectonic and are forcing me to re-evaluate my own relationship to building things