Thoughts.

Writing about the things I find interesting (when I have time). Covers technology, philosophy, and other shenanigans.

  1. Stablecoins

    An interactive essay on stablecoins, payment rails, monetary history, market structure, and the risks of dollar-denominated crypto money.

  2. Learning to Learn

    Mental tools to help master tough subjects-a course reflection

  3. Flattening the Future

    Philosophical ponderings of AI's potential to outperform human cognition across professional fields threatens traditional paths to success through intelligence and hard work.

  4. Game Theory and Dating

    Exploring dating through the lens of game theory, this article examines the 37% Rule from the Secretary Problem. Simulations reveal the trade-offs between patience and risk in sequential decision-making.

  5. Startup PMF Archetypes

    Sequoia’s PMF framework defines three archetypes: Hair on Fire (urgent needs, fast solutions), Hard Facts (shifting habits, redefining norms), and Future Vision (paradigm shifts requiring persistence).

  6. 2023 Crypto Predictions

    Crypto protocols ($2.39T market cap) and Web3’s composability aim to disrupt centralized platforms by empowering user ownership and innovation. Examples include on-chain scientific replication, grassroots product development, and blockchain-based autonomous worlds.

  7. Direct Atomics: A Post-Mortem

    Direct Atomics built an equivariant GNN to accelerate DFT, reducing simulation time from months to minutes. Challenges included niche markets, resistance to drag-and-drop tools, and in-house/open-source competition.

Archived

Drafts, half-finished trains of thought, and projects that never made it past the weekend.

  1. List of Ideas

    Ideas I've thought of or are currently working on.

  2. Foundations of Blockchains

    Exploration of blockchain fundamentals, focusing on consensus protocols, Byzantine fault tolerance, and state machine replication (SMR). FLP Impossibility, Proof-of-Work, and Tendermint.

  3. Speechify Clone

    Built a weekend text-to-speech app inspired by Speechify, focusing on efficient information absorption without feature bloat.