About a month ago I quit my job as an engineering manager at Shopify because I wanted to take some time to go deeper on LLMs. “Going deeper on LLMs” is hand-wavy on purpose: I wanted to explore a bunch of different things—developer experien…
TL;DR: to get 90% of the value here, use ChatGPT Plus + SuperWhisper (and if you code, Cursor Pro) Friends keep asking “Which AI tools do you actually pay for? What should I use?”—so here’s a frozen‑in‑time look at my stack in April 2025. I…
It’s been a while since I last published something online, so I figured I’d get back to it with a short post. Here’s the top articles, books, and games I experienced in 2024. 2024 was a year of contrasts for me. I dove deep into articles an…
I tend to eat when I’m anxious, sad, or overwhelmed. My brain wants those substance hits (usually sugar-related) and, if it’s easy, I’ll eat all day long. One of the best ways to break or replace bad habits is to make them harder to do, or
Sometimes I get into a rut. In most cases, simply writing about a task and breaking it down to micro-steps is more than enough to get me going, but there are situations that I just don’t want to do something. First of all, I try to confirm
In my career, the best way to ensure I’ll get a positive response when I ask someone a favour is to do the work and help them help me. “Hey Sally, I need to develop a module that does XYZ. How do you think I should approach that?” “Hey Sall…
I’ve been working remotely for over ten years now, and one of the most important traits I’ve found in successful, productive people in a remote setting is the ability to unblock themselves and get to the next step. Whenever you’re working o…
I enjoy planning, but I think plans are mostly useless. We can’t predict the future, and even mild predictions can be wildly wrong if you think too far ahead. The world is changing fast, and one of the best ways to deal with uncertainty is
I like video games. I’ve been playing them since I was five years old and they are a somewhat constant part of my life. In the last year, though, I have started to cut back on gaming more and more - and it’s not about doing more productive
I’ve failed at creating habits in the past. I’ve failed a lot, I should say. My most common trigger to fail a dietary habit would be overestimating my mistakes. I’ll explain. A few years ago I decided to try removing sugar from my diet: my
I used to curse a lot while driving. “Why is this idiot driving so slow? Can’t they move to the other lane?”, I’d complain. On the other hand, there were occasions in which I’d be showing someone around town, and someone would scream or use…