0753 – beware the tyranny of coherence
It’s 253am on November 22nd 2018. I was having trouble sleeping and so I got out of bed. Usually when I get out of bed becau
0649 – beware scope creep
I was writing a blogpost for work earlier today – and during my research phase I found myself effectively plotting the outli
0639 – beware articulate misdiagnoses and the illusion of knowledge
I want to reflect on an exchange of comments that I had on Hacker News. Here’s the context: Snap is about to IPO, and th
0466 – beware fuckarounditis
In September 2011, a guy named Martin Berkhan wrote a blogpost titled “Fuckarounditis”. He was using it to talk ab
0462 – beware grandiose proclamations
I have a few more minutes, I might as well try to hammer another one out. Let’s check my Trello / Evernote / Workflowy f
0421 – beware false victory, and validation
I had an interesting thought this morning when I woke up. I published 4 word vomits yesterday, which is 4 times more than I’
0398 – beware of digression
Digression is fun Achieving your goals is more fun Do not digress at the expense of achieving your goals Alright, I’ve b
0330 – beware overthinking (make decisions quicker)
I am an overthinker. I do it probably because it’s familiar and easy, because it’s the hammer in my hands that mak
0327 – put the gun down
(original title: beware self-flagellation, move forward instead) I am a self-flagellator. It’s a weird thing to realize,
0323 – beware supernormal stimuli
There are lots of things that bother me, and sometimes I’m bothered by the things that bother me– i.e., I wish I weren’t
0266 – beware the dark playground
(some repetition) Let’s zoom back out– the point of this vomit was to think and talk about games that allow me to have
0259 – beware of insight porn
The allure of insight porn The first time I read the phrase “insight porn”, it really hit me hard. I realize that