Reading List

Essays, articles and fiction I’ve enjoyed enough to hoard.

27 Jan 2026

Software Pump and Dump

I didnt know Clawdbot had a shitcoin linked to it

26 Jan 2026

All In On Server Side SQLite

26 Jan 2026

Building for the Future (Tangled)

Anirudh and Akshay seem to be building something I resonate with. I must explore more of the ATmosphere.

26 Jan 2026

First, Make Me Care

Short, to the point. Somehow serindipitous timing, it’s like it found me right as I was about to start my blog again

26 Jan 2026

How To Be More Agentic

I think I have high agency, but then I also doubt it. Maybe on some days. I really should figure out how to get good feedback

15 Sep 2025

Real Life is Risk Taking

Vindication for me personally as I start taking more and more obvious risks.

15 Sep 2025

The World in Which We Live Now

Very nice points. I used to find Taleb very opaque before reading this. I think I understand him much better than when I tried Black Swan 5-6 years ago.

15 Aug 2025

A Deep Dive into Reverse Proxy

An amazing series about practical aspects of what a loaded load balancer has to care about.

15 Aug 2025

In Search of AI Psychosis

A good article on how many seem to be affected, and what usually predisposes them.

15 Jun 2025

A Theory of Jerks

15 Jun 2025

Are We Accidentally Building A Planetary Brain?

15 Jun 2025

Warbreaker

15 Jun 2025

Why don't birds drive Bentleys?

15 May 2025

Everything I Know About Good System Design

Good mental models of what to aim for and what not to aim for when making a system

15 May 2025

Machines of Loving Grace

Beautifully written. Wide and easy to read.

15 Apr 2025

Being Glue

Doing the important thankless work, but also how to recognise when you’re stuck doing it

15 Apr 2025

Blurry Sentences

Deepities, Motte and Bailey Generalization. Nice read on mental models to be incisive about what you hear.

15 Apr 2025

Trusting Trust

Quines and hiding trojans in compilers