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Writing on GPUs, LLMs, MLOps, Kubernetes — and mindset · 8 posts
What It Means to Be Smart: What Gets Measured and What Does Not
The word intelligence has three different things mixed into it. The general factor as a statistical regularity, CHC as the mainstream model of psychometrics, and the social usage we reach for when we size someone up in d
2026-08-16 · 14 min read #mindset#intelligence#psychometrics#expertise#evidenceExperts Do Not Know More, They See Differently
The 1973 chessboard experiment is the starting point of expertise research. Masters remember real game positions far better, but on randomly scattered arrangements most of that advantage disappears. That means pattern pe
2026-08-16 · 13 min read #mindset#learning#expertise#chunking#perceptionThe Road to Becoming an Expert: Feedback First, Volume Second
This post moves the evidence set out in the previous four posts into an executable form. Narrow the domain to where feedback arrives, build the feedback loop before you build the volume, practise under the conditions you
2026-08-16 · 14 min read #mindset#learning#expertise#deliberate-practice#careerWhat Studying Well and Playing Sport Well Share Is Narrower Than It Looks
Is there really an ability that carries over between studying and sport, between coding and playing an instrument? The conclusion of the cognitive-training transfer literature runs against popular expectation. Near trans
2026-08-16 · 13 min read #mindset#learning#expertise#transfer#evidenceThe Illusion of Talent — What the Practice Research Actually Says, and What Actually Compounds
In late July 2026, "The Illusion of Talent" climbed to the top of GeekNews. The title makes it sound like a scientific dispute about talent and practice, but the original is a personal essay about a junior developer's ca
2026-07-31 · 14 min read #career#deliberate-practice#expertise#psych-papers#mindsetThe Original Paper Behind the 10,000-Hour Debate — Berlin Violinists and the 12% Truth
Open the 1993 Ericsson paper where the 10,000-hour rule was born, and you find a picture quite different from the one the bestsellers told. This installment reads, in order, the actual design of the Berlin music academy
2026-07-20 · 6 min read #psychology#paper-review#mindset#deliberate-practice#expertiseAre Geniuses Born? — The Myth of Talent and Effort
We call remarkable people geniuses, and in that moment we stop asking how they got there. This essay looks calmly at the Mozart myth, Anders Ericsson's research on expert performance, the popular ten-thousand-hour rule,
2026-07-05 · 16 min read #learning#talent#expertise#excellenceA Person with Their Own Color — Irreplaceable Expertise and Identity
Differentiation is not pretending to be different; it is the consistency that grows at the intersection of strength and interest. This piece covers the T-shaped professional, the accumulation of reputation, imitation ver
2026-06-16 · 18 min read #career#identity#mindset#personal-brand#expertise