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2025·8
Technology changes exponentially, but organizations change logarithmically
2025·7
Minimalism
2025·7
Internet Values
2025·7
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication
2025·3
Richard Hamming — A Stroke of Genius Striving for Greatness in All You Do (archived)
2025·2
Automate Everything You Can
2025·2
Steelmanning
2025·2
Unix Philosophy
Universal truth with books. Most books are bad. Nearly all textbooks are bad
To be successful, you need to believe yourself to the point of delusion
The most important thing is keeping the most important thing the most important thing
Science advances one funeral at a time (Planck’s principle)
Merchants of Complexity
Math is the study of terms that have precise meanings
linear vs exponential thinking
Cunningham's Law
Constraints are your friends
Brooks' categorization of constraints
A change in perspective is worth 80 IQ points—Alan Kay
10X principle

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