game, game. repeat.

Wait until the water is boiling BEFORE putting the eggs in.

the president is prompt engineer in chief pulling the Overton window this way or that speech for effect open source prompt injection or is it free programming we the people

I am an LLM Garbage in, garbage out What news I consume Fox or MSNBC or Al Jazeera What books The Bible Or the writings of the Marquis De Sade Or both Everything I take in Alters the weights in my brain MAGA or the Radical Left My Uber driver said this My…

Yes way each way is another 2x the ways multiply, so if you do all of them really well that’s 2^9 = 512x versus doing none of them at all = 1x productivity = value creation, e.g. growth rate, mission progress, KPIs Survivor bias sounds ridiculous until you

AI solves the first 80% of a lot of problems for almost free and then the last 20% takes 10x vs what it would have if you had hand coded the whole project.

Bad leaders choose the wrong goal or fail to choose one at all.

Finally got around to trying out NixOS.

Makes 2 servings. 100 grams Swiss cheese, shredded 100 grams Gruyere cheese, shredded 1 tsp cornstarch 1 garlic clove, peeled 0.25 cup dry white wine 1 tsp lemon juice 1 tsp cherry brandy 0.25 tsp dry mustard tiny pinch of nutmeg 1 small, round loaf of so…

Been using Homebrew forever and its awesome.

Makes 8 servings.

Makes 16 servings.

Makes 4 servings.

Makes 8 servings. 3 ripe avocados 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice 0.25 teaspoon salt Add 1 avocado to a bowl and mash it with a fork.

Makes 2 servings. 1 pound (1 piece) cap steak, tied and frozen 1 tablespoon Montreal Steak Seasoning Sprinkle half the seasoning on the bottom of a small pan.

Makes 8 servings.

Makes 4 servings. 250g (1 package) eel, cooked, frozen, and covered in unagi sauce 1 cup of mixed rice, dry water Add rice to rice cooker.

Makes 8 servings.

Makes 6 servings. 1.5 pounds sea bass, skin off 2 tablespoons red miso 1 tablespoon sake 1 tablespoon mirin 2 teaspoons soy sauce 2 teaspoons grated ginger 1 tablespoon sugar Mix all ingredients, except the fish, in a sealable glass container.

Makes 8 servings. 1 spaghetti squash 1 large onion 0.25 cup butter 0.5 cup sour cream 2 cups grated Monterey Jack cheese paprika salt pepper Cut squash lengthwise and remove seeds.

Makes 1 serving. 2 shots Grand Marnier 1 shot lemon juice 1 ice cube sugar Sugared Glass Rub lemon along rim of cocktail glass.

Makes 8 servings. 16 ounces (1 can) Rosarita Traditional refried beans 0.5 cup Knudsen sour cream (full fat) 1 cup Tillamook medium cheddar cheese 0.5 cup Pace Picante (original, mild) salsa 14 ounces (1 bag) Casa Sanchez tortilla chips (thick & crispy) S…

Makes 8 servings. 1 ham hock 16 ounces (1 package) black eye peas 4 cups white rice Defart the Beans Before cooking the beans, soak overnight in water.

Makes 6 servings. 6 eggs 4 tablespoons Best Foods mayonnaise 2 teaspoons Grey Poupon mustard 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar 1 teaspoon smoked paprika Heat on high heat until water is boiling.

Makes 8 servings. 100 grams starter 375 grams water 500 grams bread flour 10 grams salt Add starter to a large bowl.

Makes about 15 cookies. 3 cups old-fashioned rolled oats 1.5 cups bread flour 5 tablespoons brewers yeast 3 tablespoons ground flaxseed 0.5 teaspoon baking powder 0.5 teaspoon baking soda 0.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon 0.25 teaspoon salt 12 tablespoons orga…

Makes 2 servings. 1 cup (5 ounces) all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon sugar 0.5 teaspoon baking powder 0.25 teaspoon baking soda 0.25 teaspoon salt 1 cup buttermilk 3 tablespoons sour cream 1 large egg 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled avocado…

Makes 8 servings.

Makes 12 servings. 16 ounces (2 boxes) Zwieback crackers or plain biscotti 1.5 cup sugar 1 cup unsalted butter 32 ounces (4 bars) Philedelphia cream cheese 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons vanilla extract 8 eggs 2 cup evaporated milk or light…

Makes 12 servings.

Makes 12 servings. 12 ounces (1 package) fresh cranberries 1 orange 1 apple 1 cup sugar Add all ingredients to blender.

Makes 8 servings. 1 medium onion 1 celery stalk 1 carrot 2 garlic cloves 2 tablespoons avocado oil 1.5 pounds yellow peppers 0.75 pound potatoes 3 cups water or chicken stock 1 tablespoon sea salt 1 small hot red pepper or 1 pinch chili pepper flakes Chop…

Makes 1 serving. 1 frozen Impossible Burger patty 1 brioche burger bun 1 thick slice of Tillamook medium cheddar 1 slice of sweet onion 1 slice of heirloom tomato 0.5 avocado Toast bun and set aside.

Makes 8 servings. 14 ounces (1 can) diced tomatoes (do not drain) 1 cup water 5 garlic cloves 1 tablespoon minced ginger 1 teaspoon ground turmeric 1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper 1 teaspoon paprika 2 teaspoons garam masala 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teas…

Makes 4 servings.

Makes 4 servings.

Makes 4 servings. 1 rinsed, frozen, halved, rack of Swift Premium Pork Loin Backribs from Costco water BBQ sauce Place ribs in Instant Pot.

Makes 8 servings.

Makes 8 servings.

Makes 2 servings. 5 ounces baby arugula 1 cup cherry tomotoes 1 ripe avocado 1 tablespoon Terrapin Ridge Farms ginger miso dressing Add arugula to a large salad bowl.

Makes 2 servings. 0.25 cups roasted buckwheat aka kasha 1.5 cups water or milk 0.25 cups chia seed 0.25 cups flaxseed 0.5 cups almonds, roasted and unsalted 1 Fuji apple, chopped Pour buckwheat into a large, microwave safe bowl.

Makes about 2 quarts.

Makes about 15 cookies. 3 cups pastry flour 0.5 teaspoon baking soda 0.5 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 2 sticks (8 ounces or 228 grams) unsalted butter, at room temperature 0.5 cups granulated sugar 1.5 cups packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 2

I suspect that if you take a somewhat random group of human beings and ask them to organize themselves in order to allocate work and limited resources, most of the time they will find themselves playing a zero sum game with each other.

Warning: preference-style opinions ahead, e.g. cherry pie is better than apple pie.

Warning: preference-style opinions ahead, e.g. pecan pie is better than apple pie.

Speak Up I must speak up in public forums like LinkedIN, Twitter, and Christmas dinner.

Imagine you have a team of 5, a leader plus 4 others.

We’ve adopted the Patrick Lencioni stack at Mixbook.

Next time you get the urge to try out some new tech in production please remember this: 5 years from now, long after you got bored with it, some poor sap is going to be stuck fixing bugs in that new tech code you committed, because no one ever took the ti…

An anti-pattern I keep running across is trying to solve tech debt problems by adding a new tool to the stack.