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Three rules from a Big Tech lifer who walked away
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The 80/20 rule for your whole life
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Note To My Younger Self
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Note to my present self
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Your Next Promotion Won't Make You Happy
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The rules nobody enforces
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You're not lazy. You're afraid.
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Why the best habit advice might be the worst advice for you
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You don't need more money. You need less want.
Three rules from a Big Tech lifer who walked away
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The rules nobody enforces
Why the commitments you invent for yourself are the ones that stick
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You're not lazy. You're afraid.
The real reason you're stuck and what to do about it
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Why the best habit advice might be the worst advice for you
What to do before you follow anyone's advice, including mine
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I placed 4th in a Kaggle competition. I barely know data science.
What an agentic workflow, not data science expertise, got me on Kaggle.
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Diving into Seinfeld S7E6: “The Soup Nazi”
Did you know that about "No soup for you!"?
Dec 10, 2025
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How Big Tech turns you into a feature factory
Optimized for the different games
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Teaching Machines How to Think
The new skill that compounds
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About Running
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Why I'm training for a 5K after running a 50K
What ultrarunning taught me about speed
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I ran my first 50K all wrong
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The Art of Running Slowly
Why I'm training for a 50K despite being terrible at it
Oct 19, 2025
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YJ's Zone 2 Trail Running Guide
Why and How I Run
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About Crypto
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Bitcoin: Digital Gold Part I (cont'd)
The Monetary Revolution (Continued)
Sep 23, 2025
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Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) and the Race to Build Agent Infrastructure
And Why Ethereum Matters More Than Ever
Sep 17, 2025
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Bitcoin: Digital Gold Part I
The Monetary Revolution (Part 1 of 3)
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Ethereum Staking via Lido CSM
Earning up to 2.5x More Per ETH While Solo Staking
Aug 31, 2025
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