Blog
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With Scientific Rigor, with an Amateur's Spirit
Don't outsource your thinking to "them" — on independent thought, questioning authority, and what the fringe amateur scientists get right.
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What Kind of People Make Up a Team?
From WoW raid guilds to software engineering — idealists, steady operators, and fringe members. And why AI makes lean teams possible again.
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Should Go Still Hold On to Its Philosophy?
Go stands at a crossroads: double down on radical simplicity, or finally embrace more abstraction? No language gets to stay pure forever.
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The AI Era Doesn't Need Code Monkeys — It Needs Pioneers
LeetCode can't find the engineers we actually need. On abstraction, openness, and what happens when AI makes everyone a builder.