Tag: #thinking
Writing on GPUs, LLMs, MLOps, Kubernetes — and mindset · 5 posts
Most Arguments Are About Ego, Not Ideas
When we argue, we believe we are contesting ideas, but we are often touching the other person’s sense of self. Through cognitive dissonance, identity-protective cognition, and the backfire effect, this piece explains why
2026-07-06 · 5 min read #communication#psychology#thinking#careerThinking Tools for Reading the World — Mental Models
Mental models are thinking frameworks that help us reason about a complex world by simplifying it. This essay walks calmly through Charlie Munger's latticework of models, first-principles thinking, high-leverage models l
2026-07-05 · 15 min read #thinking#mental-models#decision-making#first-principlesHow the World Works — Incentives and Systems
Events that look irrational usually make sense once you see the incentives. This essay walks through incentives, Goodhart's law, systems thinking, feedback loops, second- and third-order effects, power laws, emergence, a
2026-07-05 · 19 min read #thinking#systems-thinking#incentives#mental-modelsWhere Confidence Comes From — The Depth of Preparation and Thought
Confidence is not an inborn temperament but a product that grows from the depth of preparation and thought. The habit of rising early and not breaking the thread of thought while walking, the power of speech that comes f
2026-06-19 · 26 min read #confidence#self-development#metacognition#thinking#resilienceThinking Through Writing — Clarity Comes From the Page
Writing is not a tool for recording finished thoughts; it is a tool for producing them. Through concrete methods and routines — design docs, memos, the Feynman technique, writing in public — this essay shows how the act
2026-06-16 · 22 min read #culture#writing#thinking#productivity#learning