Every year NYC has a freshman class
How to find your community when you move to a new city: go where the other freshmen are.
Essays
Have you considered being more lucky?
Three tips on being more lucky: be more extroverted, be in the right place, and roll more dice.
Signal Maximization and Asymmetric Risk
A data-driven framework for running better interviews: maximize signal, then make a calibrated hire/no-hire call.
Thought I was retired
What happens when you have the freedom to do anything and realize all you want to do is build consumer software and day drink with the homies.
Maslow’s Motivational Latte
A self-employment update on what actually fuels productivity: spite, anxiety, and stimulants.
The Human Test
A test to determine if you are, in fact, human - and not an AI.
You're free. Now what?
A reflection on what happens to motivation after lifestyle startup freedom removes the old fuel sources.
Winter Break
On leaving a full-time job to live off a bootstrapped startup and taking a proper vacation.
Argentine Steak: A Love Story
On the ubiquity, experience, and cost of eating steak in Buenos Aires.
How to Ship an ML Model in 30 Minutes
A plain-English introduction to machine learning: what it is, how it works, and when to use it.
Bootstrapping to 100k Users
Lessons learned from bootstrapping a consumer app to 100k users.
Analytics is a Solved Problem
A framework for what analytics teams should actually be doing: decisions, feedback loops, threats, and opportunities.
Frameworks for a Quarterlife Crisis
A first-principles approach at building a career trajectory while avoiding getting stuck at a local minimum.