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How do you stop people from creating ugly things? Well... you give them some help.

Claude, Destruction Derby, Waterfall, trainer sketches, App icon, Vintage Clock/Radios, Renault having a moment

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A surprisingly fun "data set guesser", a quirky 'one time' website, lo-fi typeface and a "TikTok for podcasts" app.

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Lots of housey vibes this week as I got into some deep work sessions at the kitchen table of all places.

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Reading JamesA brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventure…GoodreadsPercival EverettAristotle — How to live a good life - Ralph Ammer2400 years ago Aristotle found out how to be happy. His Nicomachean Ethics is an operating manual for a good life.Ralph Ammerralphammer Anxiety and excitement are the same emotion in different

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Looking Reading Learning By WritingAn outline of how I form detailed opinions on topics: by exploring hypotheses and writing about them, not by undirected reading.Cold TakesHolden KarnofskyUp and Down the Ladder of AbstractionEverything that turned out well in my life followed the same design processThe context is smarter than

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The great enemy of writing isn’t your lack of talent, it’s being interrupted by other people. 👀 Looking 📚 Reading The TreesWhen a pair of detectives from the Mississippi Bureau o…GoodreadsPercival EverettErasureThelonious (Monk) Ellison has never allowed race to def…GoodreadsPercival Everett 💭 Thinking Once you are feeling attacked or

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