Amir Sharif

Alpha School The Pitch: Condense a full day’s academic work into just two hours using AI.

If you find yourself in a position where you need to talk to one of your reports because they’re missing your expectations, here’s a simple framework to guide the discussion.

When working with AI coding agents, one of the things that they can’t do very well is interactively use the shell.

This week I’ve been thinking about Mental Toughness and the definition put forth by Alex Hormozi.

In the last few weeks I did product work, my designer ran some SQL queries for a data analysis (with Claude) and my PM shipped code.

The speed and accuracy of the parakeet model from Nvidia in superwhisper is my daily STT driver.

What the hell is going on with our brains?

I wanted a primer/cheatsheet for myself from the book Clean Code, and generated it to be tailored to Ruby.

Ruby Weekly: This is an awesome newsletter that gives me a good variety of blog posts, gems to use, and tips and tricks.

George Pólya’s “How to Solve It” is a classic guide to problem-solving, originally published in 1945.

What benefit is a clear artery if the mind remains clogged with worries?

I’ve noticed that anything is easier once you get some momentum, but the “activation- energy” is hard to come by.

1.

Giving Feedback The COIN Conversation Model can be used when you want to give feedback to someone in a professional (or personal) setting.

Take a large chunk of your writing.

This question is part of my Career Advice series.

The rule of thumb is that it takes approximately 25 minutes of focus without distraction to reach a state of flow.

While hiring for Halo I wanted to reach out to people who were at top tier Ruby on Rails companies.

Questions are useful prompts for the brain.

Core takeaways from the book, Learned Optimism: How to Change… by Martin E.

Sorbet has been a great addition to the Ruby ecosystem.

Sorbet has been a great addition to the Ruby ecosystem.

Lots of people mix up the words “complex” and “complicated.”

If you find yourself asking a question, whether to an expert or your team, use this list as a prefilter before you ask it.

The major email providers have all put out a blog post on this, so I’m aggregating them here.

Here’s a set of things I read that make me feel nice.

David Goggins was asked, “What do you say to yourself when you’re in that moment failing?”

If you’re not buying healthy foods, stop buying ones you know are bad for you.

Grip Strength Grip strength isn’t just about how well you can hold onto something—it’s a powerful indicator of your overall health and longevity.

These were the main ideas I tookaway after reading Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell.

Scenario: I have a file I recorded.