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There has never been a better and easier time to be a startup founder. Follow your passions, build a ton of side projects, with or without friends, and who knows, some stuff might …

You know what, I seriously considered selling this on the blockchain, but cut it out of scope on the end :) if you are serious, we can always do a manual transaction

That’s funny, I launched a startup novel three days ago [1] where I also referenced emacs in one of the scenes [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48447484

For me the flow state has always come from a sensation of creative juices spawning ideas, a vision for an end result, and the deep focus that ensues in working towards that. Such a…

Are you trying to read the sample chapters? What browser are you on? And did you try toggling dark/light mode?

Thank you! I did also submit this to IngramSparks, which is a platform for bookstores and libraries. From what I've read, the process would be to enable the book for distribution, …

It started after reading Stephen King's "On Writing" where he likened the art of writing as the unearthing of an archeological site after you stumbled upon a unique bone of a story…

One thing to consider is that pre-AI homegrown software is a house of cards, whereas post-AI vice coded software can be better than what most average engineer can craft. They’re al…

I wrote it :) there’s also an open source version here: https://github.com/mck-/Open-VRP

The core route optimization algorithm of Routific is also written in Common Lisp :)

Thank you! This was very helpful :)

I used to struggle with this too, until I started studying Stoicism. Here's a quote from Marcus Aurelius’ meditations 6.15 that I think about often: “Ambition means tying your well…

Nice! If only I knew this existed last month. But they also needed a “company seal stamp” which I had to draw

Reminds me of a thread on HN from 2013 that turned tic-tac-toe into something much more interesting and in a same way meta [1] I made a simple online playable game of it back then:…

Zettelkasten is a methodology, Obsidian is an app

Yes indeed, anytime anything is worth remembering (or connecting with other notes) I write it down. It interrupts reading, so I don’t churn through as many books. I used to set goa…

If blogging is like a webpage, then a Zettelkasten is like a Wikipedia for your brains. Inspired by a thread on HN ~2 years ago, I’ve now written 1,075 interconnected notes, and no…

Ever since I adopted a Zettelkasten, I find myself learning and retaining much more effectively. The habit forces you to distill insights in your own words and make connections to …

Ray Dalio's Principles is becoming my favorite book of the year; despite it being ~500 pages, there's so much super relevant content to company building and generally very applicab…