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Learning German with ChatGPT: Reverse engineering a spoken sentence

Using Large Language Models to learn languages makes perfect sense.

12 Dec 2023 | Tech

How to slay boredom with boredom

Boredom is, surprisingly, both the problem and the solution to getting shit done

06 Dec 2023 | Productivity, Living

Paying for my own work tools

28 Nov 2023 | Tech

The most effortless period of my writing life

It was when I was learning to code.

27 Nov 2023 | Creativity

First thoughts in Düsseldorf

08 Oct 2023 | Living

Hopes for Düsseldorf

Will I find my people in this city?

06 Oct 2023 | Living

How to write tests during live coding interviews

25 May 2023 | Tech, Interviewing

Quicksort explained

15 May 2023 | Tech

Futile!!

How I feel about attempting to write 30 essays in 30 days

31 Oct 2022 | Fiction

The burglar in the house

29 Oct 2022 | Living

Nothing seems obvious anymore

These days, people call this first principles thinking. I call it thinking for yourself.

26 Oct 2022 | Living, Raw essays

The People's Champion

Failure, success, and the next thing and the nex thing.

25 Oct 2022 | Fiction, Raw essays

This is not a personal blog anymore

I no longer wish to write to be understood... I wish to write to understand.

24 Oct 2022 | Creativity, Raw essays

What is the place of soulful writing in culture?

Fiction?

23 Oct 2022 | Creativity, Raw essays

Parenthood and Work

Once we become parents, our lives start revolving around our children’s needs rather than our own. This is the biggest distinction between life before and after kids.

22 Oct 2022 | Living, Raw essays

The compatibility of parenthood and a new job

Why do some of us wonder if becoming a parent (newly minted or an old timer) is compatible with having a new job?

21 Oct 2022 | Living, Raw essays

Almost didn't have a baby

This version of me would be so sad for that if we really didn't have her.

25 Jun 2022 | Living

Respect the cannotness

11 Jun 2022 | Living

YAGBEM - Ya ain't gonna be Elon Musk

The story of my almost-catastrophic encounter with ambition.

03 Jun 2022 | [🔥] Living

Despite inconvenience

More fun, surprising, fulfilling, rewarding, and memorable experiences await us.

27 May 2022 | [🔥] Living