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Launch First, Name Later

Launch First, Name Later

Episode · · 01:16

I spent two days on a name and shipped zero code. Domain searches across a dozen tabs. Then I stopped, deployed on a subdomain and started shipping. The name came later.

I Deleted Social Media. Here's What I Kept.

I Deleted Social Media. Here's What I Kept.

Episode · · 01:21

You already know the cost before you open the app. You open it anyway. The algorithm that taught you a skill in a month is the same one eating your evenings.

Do Less, Get More: The F1 Math

Do Less, Get More: The F1 Math

Episode · · 01:31

Most people behind on their work add more. F1 engineers know better. The math says removing weight wins.

Warren Buffett vs Y Combinator: Two Strategies, One Rule

Warren Buffett vs Y Combinator: Two Strategies, One Rule

Episode · · 02:26

Most investors argue about concentration versus diversification. The best ones think evolutionarily. Strategy follows the environment, not preference.

The Tardigrade Test: How to Build Habits That Last

The Tardigrade Test: How to Build Habits That Last

Episode · · 01:49

Most habits die during your worst weeks. The ones that survive share a single trait that has nothing to do with discipline. This episode introduces tardigradity. It's the probability...

How I Get Business Ideas

How I Get Business Ideas

Episode · · 00:46

I have a backlog of 200+ rough blog post ideas. When I sit down to write today's post, the idea is already there. The same habit works for business ideas.

Simulation Thinking: How to Make Hard Decisions

Simulation Thinking: How to Make Hard Decisions

Episode · · 02:00

I built five books in one day to pick which one to ship. Why simulation thinking beats picking between descriptions, and why AI makes it runnable on any decision that matters.

The Hidden Cost of Moving: Decision Fatigue

The Hidden Cost of Moving: Decision Fatigue

Episode · · 02:32

Five years of moving to a new city every few months felt like freedom. The real cost was thousands of invisible daily decisions a settled person never faces. Why environment design i...

Time Is Not Your Most Valuable Asset

Time Is Not Your Most Valuable Asset

Episode · · 01:51

Time goes one way. Money goes both ways. You can earn back a dollar. You can never earn back an hour. Treating the two as the same is a category error. This episode breaks down a sev...

How to Prioritize When You Have Too Many Ideas

How to Prioritize When You Have Too Many Ideas

Episode · · 01:39

Each day I run experiments. Most days there are more experiments in my queue than I can run. Two filters decide what gets picked first: does this remove something from the system, or...

I Had Too Many Habits. Here's What Saved Me.

I Had Too Many Habits. Here's What Saved Me.

Episode · · 02:07

Habits pile like grains of sand. Add enough and the whole stack collapses under its own weight. Here's the cap I set to stop the collapses, and the split I had to make when that cap ...

Most Habit Trackers Miss the Point

Most Habit Trackers Miss the Point

Episode · · 01:35

You can't trust your memory to measure change. I add and remove habits regularly. Three weeks later I can't remember how I felt before the change. The water temperature adjusted and ...

How I Build Habits That Don't Break

How I Build Habits That Don't Break

Episode · · 01:18

For years my habits lived in boom and bust cycles. Then I replaced banking with ranges: a floor, a target, a ceiling.

How to Close a Chapter Without Regret

How to Close a Chapter Without Regret

Episode · · 01:54

I ran a daily standup for six years. 2,000 days. 44,110 standups logged. Here's how I closed the chapter with a book instead of silence.

What an AI Playing Breakout Taught Me About Reality

What an AI Playing Breakout Taught Me About Reality

Episode · · 04:33

One scene from The Thinking Game documentary stopped me. A DeepMind AI found a move no human player would try. I named it tunneling, then found nature doing the same thing for billio...

Why Smart People Underperform

Why Smart People Underperform

Episode · · 01:17

The best AI coding model writes bad code inside Antigravity IDE. The same model in Cursor or Claude Code performs much better. The same law applies to people. Environment is the mult...

The Cure For Anxiety Is Doing More Of It

The Cure For Anxiety Is Doing More Of It

Episode · · 00:28

My first blog post took hours. Three months of daily posts later, I write, publish and move on. If you're anxious about something, the answer is usually more exposure.

We Live in the Wild. Not the Zoo.

We Live in the Wild. Not the Zoo.

Episode · · 01:50

We live in the wild, not the zoo. The systems around us are built for what we buy, what we click and what can be mass produced. Our wellbeing is a side effect. Once we accept that no...

How I Use a Paper To-Do List to Finish What Actually Matters

How I Use a Paper To-Do List to Finish What Actually Matters

Episode · · 01:40

Each day I rewrite my to-do list on paper. The things I finished get crossed off. The unfinished things only get carried forward if they're worth rewriting. The longer an item surviv...

Long-Haul Luxuries: Why I Only Buy Things Built To Last

Long-Haul Luxuries: Why I Only Buy Things Built To Last

Episode · · 01:26

I paid $150 for a chef's knife last week. A recent trip taught me what a good knife feels like.