I write great code and even better essays about my curiosities. Ex-Shopify
Joined August 2025
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Jun 9
Pathless Update: I've pivoted from trying to build x number of startups in y days. When I project forward and consider what I want to do when I "retire" or my "endgame," it has some sort of creative output.
I studied cinema to explore this, but I chose software engineering to get the lifestyle I wanted. When I started developing 6 years ago, I knew I wanted to use it as a financial engine to explore hobbies on the side in the future. Growing up lower middle class, money seemed like a barrier to my many curiosities, so when I became debt-free, I tried so many new things, but I never returned to the cinema.
At my wisest moments, I remind myself, "Why can't today be the day you do the thing you're holding off for some future date?" I'm not hanging up my job, but I am optimizing for creative happiness via writing essays and visual storytelling. I'll be sharing that exploration here. Thanks
Here's my latest video explaining part of Dario Amodei's "Machines of Loving Grace" essay.
00:00 - Introduction: The Battle for AI Safety
01:29 - The Title's Origin: "All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace"
03:10 - 4 Reasons Why Dario Discusses AI Risks
04:55 - The 5 Pillars of Human Improvement
05:48 - Basic Assumptions: What is "Powerful AI"?
06:43 - Rating the 6 Properties of Powerful AI
09:53 - Debunking the Extreme Views of the Singularity
11:20 - The Marginal Returns to Intelligence
11:41 - 5 Limiting Factors to Technological Progress
13:41 - Conclusion: Outsmarting the Bottlenecks
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May 1
I'm doing more writing and while it's hard to start, I find myself with more ideas than I can use in an video essay. The hard part is actually just threading through these ideas in a coherent way.
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Apr 22
Disc golf brain: me nailing my second putt attempt effortlessly after botching the first
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Apr 19
The direct quote I mention in the video: “… principal of priority, which states (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what it’s important, and (b) you must do what’s important first.” - Steven Pressfield
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Apr 19
This weekend, I posted my first YouTube video. If I'm going to build some saas products, I will need distribution. I will be doing more long-form content there as it's my favorite form I consume. First vid was hard, now it's about momentum.
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Apr 19
It's hard to tell which opinions on agents are real when there are clear narratives trying to sway consensus. The average consumer doesn't want to juggle multiple subscriptions to keep a personal benchmark every time a new model pops up. Pick one, put up blinders, and build.
Apr 19
Opus 4.7 is actually good.
I'm not sure I understand people saying otherwise.
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Apr 13
We still have time to unwind the AI bad narrative. Stop using AI as an excuse for layoffs.
Apr 13
BREAKING: OpenAI Sam Altman's home has been shot at, a few days after a Molotov cocktail was thrown, per SF Chronicle
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Apr 13
I've been struggling with posting consistently. I know I can make things easier for myself by using AI tools, but then I'd miss out on what Kurt Vonnegut calls "becoming" in a letter to high school students.
Writing helps me think, and when I think more clearly (why I think things), which I hope helps me make better decisions when I set out to build. This is one skill/task I don't need to scale.
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Apr 13
Do you know your non-negotiables when you hit 10kMRR ?
What will that money allow you to do?
For me, I want to be able to take a walk on a whim, visit family, or meet with a friend for coffee without worrying about a Slack message ping.
Apr 12
We had a rainy day today, definitely made use of it and went out for a walk in my rain jacket I got in Portland
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Apr 12
One of my favorite things, getting in the flow, debugging, or problem-solving for 2 hrs, has now been delegated. Anyone getting in the flow orchestrating agents?
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Apr 12
If you're a founder, what's the end game after reaching your MRR goals? What's the lifestyle you're striving for?
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Apr 12
What's the hidden moves devs are making in the ai age to build leverage? A QA friend is pivoting to security. What's the dev equivalent?
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Apr 12
Reading an AI PR description is so demotivating. An essay and an MD table for a few file changes. Just give me a couple of bullet points and the ticket ref. Show proof of personhood. Otherwise, GitHub needs an AI summary feature
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Apr 12
Early in my code learning journey, I would be frustrated by knowing what I wanted to do and the syntactic gap in knowledge that kept preventing me from a working implementation. I don't think I'll miss it, but it helped me learn not to trust code from outdated blogs.
Apr 11
What we are losing with AI is syntax -- and good riddance. The less our brains are occupied by semicolons and braces the better. There are much more important things for us to consider and manage.
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Apr 12
The challenge now is to check that the agent is using the latest version/implementation of a package, depending on its training cutoff date
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Apr 11
Watching Artemis' splashdown and having watched a Dr. Stone ep yesterday inspires techno-optimism and reminds me of the bigger picture
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