Using GPT to ideate and build custom model architectures is a really fun way to experiment when you have weird shapes of data

The late fall evening, downtown holiday lights, dimly lit coffee shop, just the right amount of background chatter, wired headphones in, spinning Only By The Night- KoL album is about as pure of a stack as there is for an after-hours coding session.

The 6 episode Guest Series with Andy Galpin, PhD and Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. is excellent. Dr. Andy Galpin’s ability to communicate is such a skill. Much to aspire too

Best time of year for data engineering

couple times a week: constraints -45 mins on stationary bike in gym - resistance setting the same every time (12) - nasal breathing only optimization - try to increase distance traveled every session

The Cursor ide is sweet

The early morning, mechanical issues at Gate A4, bitter coffee, sitting in 23A, nowhere to be, hotspot activated, Alt/Indie jams in the AirPods is a really pure stack for programming. Once a year sort of locked in session

Something about seeing rail cargo headlights cutting through a mountain pass at dawn during a winter storm that makes you feel alive

Styrofoam is such a diabolical material. Crumbles and falls apart, then gets everywhere with a static charge that clings to things so you can’t easily get rid of the small pieces. Takes 500 years to break down. Can’t be good for humans either.

First 50F bluebird weekday of the year always hits so different. Signs of life

Jamming to When the Levee Breaks cover by Led Zeppelin while deploying some new infrastructure is a special kind of 1-2 punch

Coffee shop ripping Learn To Fly- Foo Fighters before 7:45am is aspirational stuff

Fired up to see Nat Friedman kick off a plastics research project. Let's figure this out

Technology we've built to help freight forwarders reduce documentation errors and avoid shipment delays.

Oxtail is exceptional. Been slow cooking the meat then further cooking down just the bones and connective tissue to make broths. Can see all the gelatin after refrigerating. Insane how good it is.

The day before Thanksgiving, working from my dad's home office, circadian rhythm is off, one too many cups of coffee, ripping Third Eye Blind's self titled album is a really pure stack for building a data pipeline. Once a year sort of session that makes you feel grateful