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Did you know about Instruments?
For the longest time, I thought Instruments on macOS wasn’t for me. Whenever I saw its icon show up in the /Applications folder or pop up in a launcher…
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Matrix Theory of Mind
A few months ago I listened to this episode of the Search Engine podcast in which PJ Vogt, the host, talks to Ezra Klein about the internet and media…
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With Nothing to Do
It was eight years ago that I lived through some of the worst weeks of my life as a professional software engineer.
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June 2024

Note From the Bouncy Castle
In one of my more philosophical moments two years ago, I said to a friend: you don’t need much more for a good time than a grill with bratwurst on it…
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Be findable
“But isn’t that self-promotion?”, said with a disgusted face.
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May 2024

From Any Spot on the Field
A few days ago, I came across this tweet from antirez, author of Redis: A soccer player can have a great idea of the game tactic and strategy, the sense…
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Exploring the c4... compiler?
This week I found myself digging through the code of c4, an implementation of C “in four functions”, by Robert Swierczek.
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My favorite teacher
My favorite teacher wasn’t a very popular guy. He was confident, had strong opinions, and didn’t exactly teach like the other teachers.
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April 2024

My Setup, April 2024
Last week I got a new monitor, after my old one has shown worse and worse signs of what looked like burn-ins. The new monitor allowed me to get rid of…
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Glitching on the Sea
This week, we’re back the original idea behind this newsletter – a newsletter that’s informal and “what I’d send you if you were to ask me what’s on my…
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A Feat of Engineering
Whenever I talk with programmer friends about Apple I try to sneak the following story in. Usually I start with “did you know that Apple…?” and end by…
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From Vim to Zed
After around 20 years of using Vim, in December last year I switched to Zed as my main editor. Since some friends have asked me about the switch — “Now…
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