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May 05, 2026

The gravitational pull of familiar tools

Good tools keep us coming back.

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May 05, 2026

Emacs Carnival: May I recommend...

Stop messing around and get work done.

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May 05, 2026

Announcing Obsidian Book Search Plus

Announcing Obsidian Book Search Plus

I forked and fixed a plugin that has languished for 2 years.

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May 03, 2026

Recency Bias and Rosy Retrospection

We suffer from both recency bias and rosy retrospection and should work to combat these tendencies.

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May 02, 2026

Slow Down, Tend the System, Engage Passion

Struggles are required to feel value in accomplisment.

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Apr 26, 2026

Should You Read The Perils of Perception by Bobby Duffy?

It's got some interesting facts, but it doesn't add much to the discussion.

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Apr 25, 2026

Curate Your Inputs, Own Your People, Upgrade Yourself

We should regularly recalibrate our inputs, upgrade ourselves, and make sure that we are in control of the connections we make online.

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Apr 19, 2026

Education Doesn't Insulate us from Misperceptions

Just because you went to school doesn't mean you can avoid mistaken ideas. In fact it may make you hang onto them longer.

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Apr 18, 2026

Mythos is Dangerous, AI taking jobs, and be nice to the chatbot

AI is a tool we can use to increase the security of our software, and it will how we do our jobs. It's still a lot of hype, but there is some reality.

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Apr 12, 2026

Ignore the zebra's

Don't pay attention to the zebra's. It's never a zebra.

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