"When your superiors speak, subtract their incentives from their authority, and you'll be that much closer to the truth." Naval

Meditation is intermittent fasting for the mind. Too much sugar leads to a heavy body & too many distractions lead to a heavy mind. Time spent undistracted & alone in self-examination, journaling, meditation, resolves the unresolved and takes us from mentally fat to fit. Naval

Navalism Naval Some minds are heavy not from thought, but from consumption. Naval’s wisdom here is clear: Distraction is the mental sugar. Every notification, every scroll, every dopamine spike— Adds fat to the signal. But the solution isn’t more effort. It’s less noise. Silence is the

We want to create the best course on how to run your own indexer on Solana. But we need your help! We're going to talk about @heliuslabs, Triton One 🌊🌋 and SevenLabs. If you worked on this niche problem, we would like to know if we're missing something in the current scope ⬇️

bored? build your own git: wyag.thb.lt build your own database: build-your-own.org/database/ build your own redis: build-redis-from-scratch.dev/en/introduction build your own neural networks: sausheong.github.io/posts/how-to-b… build your own os: youtube.com/watch?v=ZjwvMc… I can keep going....

today’s the day. registration for cohort #2 is live the solana rust security bootcamp is back: 6 weeks. zero cost. limited seats [only 75] supported by Solana Foundation

If you're willing to die for something, than you'll certainly be willing to work really hard for a long time for it. Which should explain why some people are willing to work 24/7 to make their dreams a reality and others aren't. It's not discipline - it's purpose. Some things are

"If it entertains you now but will bore you someday, it’s a distraction. Keep looking." Naval

my favourite quote from atomic habits by James clear; "It doesn't make sense to continue wanting something if you're not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don't want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the

Best practices to implement secure event parsing in cross-chain: • Check event signature hash • Verify emitting contract address • Validate indexed argument count and types. • Validate parameter lengths Small oversights like not validating all the parameters, especially the

turning 30 today (yes, I went bald at 25) a few personal learnings about my 20s that might help others who are not uncs yet: 1) understand that age is a bad proxy for knowledge especially in Eastern cultures, you are treated as being more knowledgeable and more respectable the

If you want to be rewarded, you have to be irreplaceable. If you want to be irreplaceable, you have to be unique. If you want to be unique, you have to be authentic. If you want to be authentic, stop listening to everyone and everything else. It’s drowning “you” out. Naval

If you struggle with impulse control, do this 10x a day to make your brain stronger: + notice the impulse to check your phone + deny the request + wait 10 min before opening Start with 10 reps a day and you’ll feel: + heightened will power + stronger self mastery + deeper

"When building habits, choose consistency over content. The best book is the one you can’t put down. The best exercise is the one you enjoy doing every day. The best health food is the one you find tasty. The best work is the work you’d do for free." Naval

Aspiring Devops engineers - Learn Linux fundamentals before Shell scripting - Learn Networking basics before Cloud Infrastructure - Learn Virtual Machines before Containers - Learn Containers before Container Orchestration - Learn single-server deployment before Microservices -

Aspiring Rust Engineers — learn in the right order. Rust punishes skipping fundamentals more than most languages. Do this in sequence and your life gets much easier. 1. Learn basic programming concepts before Rust Variables, control flow, functions, recursion, basic data

No one can do what they love for work, unless you stay purposefully very small. That saying only works in the vague, never in the specific. There are just too many things that suck that have to happen in a business. And 100% of businesses have them. And when you’re starting

10 indicators of a future Staff Software Engineer: 1. Extremely reliable Ships what they say, on time, with fewer surprises. People trust their word. 2. Thinks in systems, not tickets Sees the whole flow: API, DB, queue, retries, failure modes, cost, ops. 3. Writes things down

Working to realize your potential as a software engineer is hard. But what is even harder is hitting 35 and realizing you had the talent, the internet, the time… and you still chose comfort. No amount of “take a break bro” fixes the pain of knowing you could have built real

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