Jacob O'Bryant

Something I've learned about myself over the past 6 months is that if I ever discover Harry Potter is nonfiction and magic is real, my reaction will be approximately "OK that's interesting, but is this magic stuff good for anything more complex than writi…

I just emailed the following message regarding Utah's anti-gerrymandering law, Proposition 4, to my state representatives and to Governor Cox.

A few months ago Michael Carruthers asked if I'd like to do an interview for his podcast, Imperfect Creatives.

The following is an email I sent to The Sample subscribers in September 2025.

Continuing the Yakread rewrite, last weekend I rewrote the part of Yakread's ranking algorithm that merges your newsletter/RSS subscriptions and your bookmarked articles into a single personalized feed.

I've been rewriting the Yakread codebase over the past many months.

I recently resigned my membership in the LDS church after having been born and raised in it.

One of my main regrets in life is getting a bachelor's degree.

It's been almost two years since I made the first release of Platypub, my own little blogging/newsletter platform.

Welcome to my sporadic newsletter about improving the information environment... and whatever else I happen to be thinking about.