I am always pleasantly surprised when asking “What’s blocking you?” unblocks someone

The best way to improve at programming is to pair with someone better than you.

Good mentors are goated.

It's my birthday!

It would be a lovely gift to read about any ways I've been helpful to you.

🥰

How am I literally 41? Da fuck?

I'm running an experiment and I want you to join me: pair programming with internet strangers!

I love pairing and when joetannenbaum said he hadn't paired, I asked if he wanted to give it a try. We had a blast and we're good friends now

Let's make some pairing buddies below 🤝🏻

Working at the Gumroad office is a lovely time. This photo doesn't begin to do the view justice.

If you sit on the board of any institution, and you:
>> don't really understand how the board works
>> don't know what you're supposed to do as a member
>> dread board meetings
>> don't know how to interface with your org's governance structure...

I can help. DM me!

Best thing I've read in a bit.

experimental-history.com/p/so-you-wanna…

Who's going to provide this as a service?

If you write code and live in NYC you should check this out. It'll be (almost guaranteed) fun).

Giving this away because I'm not going to do it:

1. Get a suno.ai Pro account.
2. Generate a 10-song album of music for a thousand niche hobbies like hydroponic gardening, stock car racing, mechanical watches.
3. Put each one on Spotify.
4. Drop a link to each…

My friend Keesh is writing about cooking in a way I've never experienced.

indiancooking.substack.com/p/all-food-is-…

All food is actually water.

indiancooking.substack.com/p/all-food-is-…

Looking forward, Now is such an interesting time. It’s the oldest you’ve ever been, and the youngest you’ll ever be.

Andreas is a crazy outlier on technical ambition, warmth, and openness. I think this interview is well worth a listen.