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Foundations
9 publicationsUltralearning in a Polarized Labor Market
An essay on education, self-study, and deliberate learning as a technical and human response to an increasingly polarized labor market.
Decision memos that prevent circular debates
A lightweight memo format that clarifies the call, exposes trade-offs, and speeds up execution.
The Skills Required to Truly Learn
A reflective essay on learning as disciplined endurance of uncertainty, revision, and silence.
What SICP Really Teaches About Abstraction—and Why It Still Matters
Argues that SICP’s core lesson is the disciplined separation of meaning from mechanism, a prerequisite for reliable and scalable system design.
Publish fast, iterate later
How to publish faster without losing quality: scope, guardrails, and a minimal checklist.
Cut the excess
A quick editing pass to make any post shorter and clearer.
Leading with trade-offs
A repeatable way to expose options, trade-offs, and a clear call in small teams.
1:1s that don't become status meetings
A simple structure to keep 1:1s focused on people, not project status.
2025 Retrospective: less, better, and consistent
Three practical lessons that made the year more sustainable and effective.