July 6, 2025 • 2 min read •OpinionsYou Don’t Get Points for Memorizing SyntaxEinstein was once asked how many feet are in a mile. He said, “I don’t know. Why should I fill my head with facts I can look up in two minutes?”Read more
July 6, 2025 • 2 min read •OpinionsCoding isn’t programmingI’ve been building with LLMs a lot lately. One thing has become very clear: there’s a difference between coding and programming. And that difference matters …Read more
June 28, 2025 • 1 min read •OpinionsOn Podcasts: Not everything needs to be a TED Talk.I miss when podcasts were just conversations. Two people talking. Same voices, week after week. Occasionally a guest might drop in, but the format stayed …Read more
March 1, 2025 • 1 min read •ThoughtsTesting publishing via email againWas having some issues with GitHub actions. Looks like this should hopefully be fixed now? 🤞🏼Read more
February 27, 2025 • 1 min readFwd: Testing blogThis is some random text. I’m tapping into my email. Hopefully it should show up on my blog soon.Read more
December 7, 2024 • 1 min read •OpinionsStart with the Short ListZipf’s Law says that in any language, a tiny set of words does most of the heavy lifting. Words like “the,” “and,” “of.”Read more
October 24, 2024 • 1 min read •TILEmailed Posts Now Get a Footnote on ajot.meI have a little service set up for ajot.me that lets me publish posts just by sending an email. I email my content to a special address, and the post goes live …Read more