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A surprisingly deep takeaway from an otherwise superficial film.

Today, the three reasons I work out are: I want to be able to eat more food I’m uncomfortable at the gym, and I feel uncomfortable when I start feeling comfortable I get all my best ideas when I’m working out If I’m being really honest though, there are t…

tl;dr AGI is here, superintelligence is coming, but its impact on every person in the world and its dissemination into different verticals will take longer than we expect.

In someone else’s words, this movie is: An Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary Life For most of the film, I ask two questions: Is this story based on a real person?

If you’re following AI, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve likely heard about OpenClaw.

The film that will finally make people remember Frankenstein as a story of creation, reflection, and forgiveness, not of that of a monster.

I have an open secret about fine-tuning models.

Olshansky's review of The Thinking Game

We didn’t change the tools.

Every season of Foundation keeps getting better.

This post could be shorter, but I agree with the general direction.

I recently learnt about Dr.

I’ve had a lot of conversations this past week with friends from various walks of life.

Open source is back.

Throughout my career, I’ve had consistent success getting jobs at other companies, both small and large.

Ever since Paul Graham’s Founder Mode came out, I’ve been trying to find a definition for another term I’ve been thinking about: Founder Aura.

Being diagnosed with ADHD requires filling out a questionnaire that is reviewed by a physician.

I had a multi-hour conversation with a single Gemini session and noticed that the responses dropped in quality and started coming back very fast.

Over the past month, with December being a slower month, I put more effort into meeting people in person.

A system that enables and incentivizes anything to tip anyone, anywhere, for anything.

RIP 22 years of writing code by hand (mostly)

In 2014, Alan Kay was a guest lecturer in my programming languages class at the University of Toronto.

If you’re reading this, you’ve definitely heard of Impostor Syndrome.

Peter Thiel is well known for his infamous book, Zero to One.

Reading Werner Vogels predictions for 2026

A great 2-minute post by Ross Lazerowitz, CEO at https://www.miragesecurity.ai/ The playbook for enterprise software is: Cold outreach Design Partners First Cohort Love it.

I accidently stumbled upon this show Apple TV recommended it, and I absolutely loved it.

A simple rule of thumb for low-friction catch-up calls that don’t feel like meetings, and why Friday late afternoons are the sweet spot.

What started as a tiny trip to Victoria turned into a deeper question about capital, optionality, and how to buy time.

First edition of a series on the key individuals who laid the foundations shaping entire industries

On routines, stimulants, and the thin line between discipline and obsession.

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Olshansky's review of Loot: Season 3

This show is the embodiment of Seth Rogan in a fancy suit.

On December 1st, 2022, I published a blog post titled “24 hours of ChatGPT”.

Though I’m sure this movie was over-dramatized in places, it was entertaining, nostalgic, and educational all at once.

Intro This is one of my favorite books over the last few years, and one that I can see myself recommending to others for years to come.

The first few episodes were slow, but it started picking up.

3.5 stars Overall Review I’m pausing this book approximately a third in.

Side projects are one of those things I go back and forth on.

A claude tool to help resolve merge conflicts

A thought on money and intelligence.

The last decade was about evaluating empirical data.

Review of Ex Machina's Production presented on the Canadian Stage

Why Pragmatism Beats Idealism in the Crypto Industry

Olshansky's review of A Man Called Otto

tl;dr John von Neumann is a legend, but this book did not do him justice.

This is a TIL of a TIL.

The Demo-to-Product Gap?

A Read Through On Venting I have a close friend to whom I vent every once in a while.