What Do You Do When the Ground Keeps Moving?
Every great civilisation adapted to change. But adaptation has real costs and real losers. The Khmer Empire and the AI moment we're living through have more in common than you'd think.
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The Bottleneck Moved: What Karpathy's Agent Workflow Means for People Who Build Things Solo
Unpacking Andrej Karpathy's No Priors conversation on coding agents, AGENTS.md files, AutoResearch, and what the shift to declarative workflows means for solo builders.
Read More →Book Review: SPQR by Mary Beard
A thousand years of Roman history that feels uncomfortably relevant to the present. Dense start, brilliant payoff.
Read More →Two Months Later: What Happened After Zero Signups
In December, I launched to zero signups. Two months later, here's what the pause taught me and what's different now.
Read More →I Built a Product, Got Zero Signups, and Learned More Than I Expected
60 visitors, 0 signups. What my first product launch attempt taught me about positioning, landing pages, and iteration.
Read More →No Rules Rules: The Book That Reframed My Leadership Past
A book review that became a reckoning. How Netflix's culture philosophy helped me understand that my past leadership struggles weren't about competence—they were about culture.
Read More →How to Pass the PMP in 3 Months: A Practical Study Guide
If you're consistent and study smart, three months is genuinely enough time. Here's exactly how to do it — what to use, how to structure your time, and the mindset shift that makes the biggest difference.
Read More →Progress Over Polish
Most people wait to share until everything's perfect. But perfect never comes.
Read More →What Coca-Cola's Turnaround Taught Me About Building Small Projects
Lessons from Inside Coca-Cola that apply to building apps, teaching, and making things work better.
Read More →October Build Log
Quick update on what I've been building and learning this month.
Read More →Building a Thinking Studio in the Age of Noise
What does it mean to think deeply when everything moves too fast to remember? Welcome to the studio.
Read More →Skim Culture — We're Consuming More, Understanding Less
I feel like I read everything… but remember nothing. A digital reality check on skim culture and how to reclaim deep thinking.
Read More →Book Review: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
This review of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee explores the emotional weight, historical significance, and why every history-lover should read it (even when it hurts).
Read More →Book Review: Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman's groundbreaking exploration of the two systems that drive our thoughts and decisions—and why we make irrational choices without realizing it.
Read More →Book Review: Creativity, Inc. - Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
A comprehensive guide to managing creativity in business from Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios. Essential reading for leaders and creatives.
Read More →Book Review: Creative Acts for Curious People
A transformative workbook filled with over eighty engaging exercises designed to unlock your creative potential, from Stanford's d.school.
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