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Bet On Centaurs In 1996, IBM's specialized chess supercomputer, Deep Blue, faced Garry Kasparov, arguably the greatest chess player of all time.

Why Nihilism Is Great for Values On the surface, nihilism seems simple: life is meaningless, so the only logical response is a pessimistic, doomer mindset.

Keeping Up With PRs in an Agentic World We are in a period of rapid change in software engineering.

Getting Over AI Shame Note: I used AI to help organize my thoughts and draft this post, which I then heavily edited.

One Second Moments I've been recording one second moments and combining them into a montage at the end of each year for a few years now.

Advent of Writing Reflection I’ve finished my Advent of Writing challenge, which required me to write every day between December 1st and Dec 24th.

Part of Advent of Writing Free Will Does free will exist?

[17&18/24] Advent of Writing Don’t Speed Up Content When I was in high school, my least favorite assignments were reading.

[15&16/24] Advent of Writing Everyone Should Have a Blog Selfishly, I love stumbling upon someone’s blog because it gives me a glimpse of who the writer is and what they care most about.

[13&14/24] Advent of Writing My First Marathon (Fuji Marathon) Today I completed my first marathon.

[12/24] Advent of Writing The Do-Say Ratio A useful way to evaluate yourself is what I call your do-say ratio: how much of what you say you’re going to do actually gets done.

[11/24] Advent of Writing Do Performance Reviews One thing that surprises me when I talk to developers, especially those working at startups, is how often performance reviews are neglected.

[10/24] Advent of Writing Service Attitude I have a lot of respect for people in the service industry who take their job seriously.

[9/24] Advent of Writing Use Travel Guide Books I’m currently traveling in Kyoto, and despite speaking Japanese, I wanted to be prepared to navigate this unfamiliar city.

[8/24] Advent of Writing Why Not Romanticize Life Movies have a way of making even the simplest actions feel meaningful.

[6/24] Advent of Writing The Everyday Awe We Stop Noticing Right now I am on a plane to Japan to vacation and see family/friends, 37,000 feet in the air, connected to satellite WiFi, chatting with an AI to brainstorm blog ideas.

[6/24] Advent of Writing Organizing My First Running Event In November I turned 30.

[5/24] Advent of Writing Thoughts on The Remains of the Day The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro is a book that hits you from two angles.

[4/24] Advent of Writing Small Perks, Big Benefits When thinking about important company benefits for employee happiness, the first things that come to mind are good health insurance, dental and vision, and maybe a 401(k).

[3/24] (Advent of Writing)[https://ajkprojects.com/hobby-depth.html] Trusting Your Past Self Or more cynically, don’t trust your future self.

[2/24] Advent of Writing Top Down vs Bottom Up Leadership I became an engineering manager earlier this year.

Hobby Depth The deeper you go into a topic, the more you’ll discover.

Earn Simplicity We've recently revamped our values at work, and there's one in particular that has taken over my mind: "Earn Simplicity".

I'm starting a blogging series where I write about a few random topics that are topical to my life at the time.

Nine months ago, we made the decision at work to rebuild Ditto (a source of truth copy management tool).

Entering a new field of study is often overwhelming due to the amount of new information and concepts to grasp.

My first manager noticed something I did unintentionally in meetings early in my career.

How I manage my caffeine intake.

Advice for myself around leisure activities.

I’ve completely eliminated the alarm clock from my morning routine for about six months.

Recently, I went on a week-long vacation to Japan.

I am happy to report that I've completed 30 days straight of my 30 minutes daily challenge.

I’m watching a Japanese show on Netflix called “The Full-Time Wife Escapist”.

I was on the plane the other day writing my blog post “When to Quit” when I started to think about self-help.

I saw a drawing the other day about working that I really appreciated.

"the most productive part of the 30 minutes is the 30 minutes after" As I am writing this, I am completing the last day of my 30 minutes a day for 7 days challenge.

The other day I was visiting my parents in Hawaii when I complained to my mother about not wanting to do a planned run that afternoon.

Ever visit a website you frequent and get frustrated that you can't find the log in button?