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Writing on GPUs, LLMs, MLOps, Kubernetes — and mindset · 53 posts
Reading Deeply, Thinking Slowly — The Craft of Reflection
In an age of endless skimming, we are slowly losing the habit of reading deeply. This essay looks calmly at the difference between shallow and deep reading, what the internet did to our attention, the arts of active and
2026-07-05 · 17 min read #learning#reading#reflection#attentionWhat Fluency Really Is — What the Science of Language Acquisition Says
Fluency is neither vocabulary size nor grammatical accuracy — it is the automaticity of retrieving language fast enough for real-time communication. Drawing on Krashen's input hypothesis, Cummins' BICS/CALP distinction,
2026-07-04 · 13 min read #language#learning#fluency#communicationThe Secrets of Memory — It Is a Skill, Not a Talent
Memory is not a fixed talent you are born with but a combination of techniques and biology you can exploit. The Ebbinghaus forgetting curve, the spacing effect, retrieval practice (the testing effect), the memory palace,
2026-07-04 · 9 min read #memory#learning#psychology#cognitionWhere Confidence Really Comes From
Durable confidence is not the product of positive thinking — it is the residue of evidence. Drawing on Bandura self-efficacy theory, the Dunning-Kruger effect, impostor syndrome, and Dweck growth mindset, this post expla
2026-07-03 · 12 min read #psychology#confidence#growth#learningThe Joy of Understanding — Why Deep Understanding Still Matters in the LLM Era
Search and LLMs give fast answers, but deep understanding gives control and ownership. We cover the value of seeing beneath abstractions, the stance of not being dragged by your tools, the difference understanding makes
2026-06-25 · 24 min read #culture#learning#craftsmanship#understanding#engineeringSimulation Thinking: Running It in Your Head First
Running important decisions, hard conversations, talks, and matches in your head first is a powerful tool. This essay covers the cognitive science behind mental simulation, scenario planning, imagining worst and best cas
2026-06-19 · 11 min read #mental-simulation#decision-making#scenario-planning#cognitive-rehearsal#learningMistakes Are Better Than Fake Success
Fake success, where you copy an answer or pass by luck, stops your growth. Honest mistakes, by contrast, are the most accurate learning signal. This essay covers the real learning that mistakes provide, psychological saf
2026-06-19 · 44 min read #learning#failure#psychological-safety#growth#self-improvementLearn Fast by Failing — Stop Memorizing Answers and Start Colliding With Problems
Words and answers you memorize fade quickly, but problems you solve and get wrong stick for a long time. Drawing on retrieval practice and the testing effect, plus growth mindset research, this essay separates fake succe
2026-06-19 · 37 min read #self-development#learning#retrieval-practice#growth-mindset#failureFind Your Own Method — Through Curiosity and Metacognition
Starting from my own failure of copying a proven study routine that simply did not work for me, this essay lays out how to build your own method by experimenting with curiosity and observing yourself with metacognition.
2026-06-19 · 32 min read #culture#metacognition#learning#language-learning#self-developmentWorking Memory and the Brain Circuits — How to Use Your Brain to Learn Efficiently
A reflection on the limits of working memory and cognitive load, the power of externalization, how retrieval strengthens the circuits, and the fact that the brain spends energy only when urgency and context are present,
2026-06-19 · 21 min read #culture#learning#cognition#working-memory#self-managementReal Knowledge Is Knowledge You Apply — Connecting It Through Creativity
Starting from the emptiness of knowledge that never gets applied, this essay covers how to make knowledge your own and connect it through creativity. It lays out storing things in your own words, storytelling, linking to
2026-06-19 · 30 min read #culture#learning#creativity#knowledge#self-improvementThe Power of Order and Sequence — What You Do First Changes the Result
Doing the same work in a different order produces a different result. This essay covers reading dependencies and precedence, designing priority and sequencing, and building from the foundation. It also examines the trap
2026-06-19 · 35 min read #productivity#learning#prioritization#sequencing#self-growthThe Brain Responds When It Becomes Part of Life — Building an Immersion Environment
The old saying that you only truly learn a language by living in the country contains a neuroscientific truth. The brain only commits energy to learning once that learning becomes an urgent part of your life. This essay
2026-06-19 · 49 min read #culture#learning#immersion#language-learning#motivationLearning by Teaching: Follow Lectures, Then Build Your Own
A guide to turning the urge to teach into an engine for learning. It covers the protege effect, the path from following lectures to building your own things, the moment of discovering your own gaps through explanation, a
2026-06-19 · 20 min read #culture#learning#protege-effect#teaching#self-improvementThe Coolest Skill Is the Ability to Learn Fast
In an age where change keeps accelerating, the strongest edge is not any single technical skill but the ability to learn quickly. This essay lays out how to treat learning as a meta-skill, the concrete methods of chunkin
2026-06-19 · 24 min read #learning#meta-skill#growth#career#self-improvementCode at Home, Language While Walking — How to Use Time Twice
The claim that you have no time is usually true. But when you match learning to the nature of a place and an activity, the scraps of time you used to throw away start compounding. This essay lays out a design where home
2026-06-19 · 37 min read #culture#productivity#time-management#learning#habitIn the End You Need Your Own Story — Learning That Applies to Life
No matter how much you learn, it rings hollow until you make it your own. Even when you use AI, the learning only counts if it applies to your life. This essay is about restating learning in your own words, objectifying
2026-06-17 · 21 min read #learning#metacognition#storytelling#ai#authenticityLearn From the Masters, Push Yourself — A Growth Method for the Animal That Adapts
Human beings are animals that adapt. Play only against weaker opponents and your skill quietly plateaus. This essay is about learning from people better than you, stepping just outside your comfort zone, rewarding yourse
2026-06-17 · 23 min read #growth#learning#mindset#deliberate-practice#mentorshipMetacognition and Strengthening the Circuit — Retrieval Builds the Brain
Listening alone does not build the circuit. Only when you retrieve does the circuit fire and grow stronger. This essay covers the science of retrieval practice, using metacognition to discover what you do not know, and m
2026-06-17 · 17 min read #metacognition#retrieval-practice#learning#language#memoryLeaving Your Comfort Zone — Turning Discomfort into Growth
The comfort zone is pleasant, but it stalls growth. This essay covers how to tell the learning zone from the panic zone, how to deliberately design discomfort, and how to keep challenging yourself sustainably without bur
2026-06-16 · 19 min read #comfort-zone#growth#mindset#career#learning