The Art of Being Useless
When AI replaced his coding job, Jack Thompson discovered that his greatest failure was actually his path to authentic success. A story about choosing meaning over money and building technology that serves human creativity.
LangExtract: Demystifying Text Anchoring: How LLMs Quote Precisely
Ever wondered how tools like LangExtract can highlight the exact location of a quote in a document? Spoiler: It's not magic—it's clever computer science.
Deep Dive into Real-Time Frameworks: From REST to CRDTs
Building a collaborative AI whiteboard taught us everything about real-time communication - from basic polling to sophisticated conflict-free data structures. Here's the complete journey.
Python's Runtime Identity Crisis: A Guide to Knowing What Type You're Holding
Ever felt betrayed when your Python type hints vanish at runtime? This is the story of how to uncover the real types inside your Pydantic generics and typing constructs, with a battle-tested strategy that actually works.
Bohemian Rhapsody: An Emotional Opera in Six Acts
A deep, conversational breakdown of Queen's classic, mapping its psychological journey from shock to acceptance—why this song still hits us where we live.
Seeing Through Ourselves: The Big Map of Human Cognitive Filters (East and West)
A conversational, east-meets-west guide to the big hidden filters that shape how we think, feel, and get stuck—with stories, analogies, and practical takeaways.
From Bronze Bathtubs to Boardrooms: How a 3,000-Year-Old Philosophy Can Upgrade Your Life
The Da Xue's Tang Zhi Pan Ming decoded: 'Daily renewal' isn't self-help fluff—it's a survival strategy for the modern age
The 12-Factor App: Building Software Like LEGO in the Cloud Era
Ever wondered why some apps scale effortlessly while others crumble? Discover the 12-factor methodology—the blueprint that transforms applications into infinitely scalable, platform-agnostic building blocks.
