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I built pbp to solve a problem I was having with my growing collection of side projects. You probably have the same problem.

Revolting against the Spotify algorithm

Changing how I consume music in 2025 to rely less on automated recommendations and get a deeper appreciation of it

How I use Obsidian to get work done

In this follow up to my post about how I set goals that align with my values we dig into how I use Obsidian to actually do all the things I talked about in the previous post.

How I get work done

All the way from my core values down to what I decide to do day by day. We go through weekly and daily planning based on values and how to figure out how to bucket time by mapping out an ideal week.

Generative AI and creativity

Will generative AI take over what we used to believe to be fundamentally human - creativity?

The definitive guide to productivity

This is how you get off the couch and achieve everything in life. A step by step guide.

Why write when AI can write better?

As AI becomes better at writing and creating, is there intrinsic value in human created content?

Temporary is permanent

What is recency bias in LLMs

Prioritizing recent inputs over older ones

Established vs new knowledge

How do we separate knowledge? How do we know that anything is correct?

Reflecting on information

Pondering a framework for how to take in new information.

An informative guide to managing time effectively using the methodology of 'forwards thinking - backwards planning', especially for parents.

Consistency

Consistency is king - but is it?

Multi-tasking is bad and does not work

Exploring the misconception of multitasking, its cognitive costs, overconfidence in abilities, and negative health implications.

An exploration into the harmful effects of overworking and constant productivity, offering insights on how to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

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Omarchy 3, now with a red dot.

Oh boy was this a rabbithole 😅

A lot of my energy when I wear the product manager hat goes into resisting the urge to bug the developers. Will work on remembering that most things that needs to be sync communication can:

a) be async
b) wait til the 1 scheduled meeting we have each week.

How have I not owned a 3d printer before now? My cable management game is about to hit a new level.

Somehow gen ai lead to it being acceptable to say "Yeah I'm not sure the content in the document is totally correct". Not a good thing. You deliver it you own it. Doesn't matter how you created it.

Seeing AI photos on physical things irks me. The same way as retouched images on the cover of like fashion magazines did 10 years ago. I want reality depicted in reality.

More and more "normal people" I talk to keep saying that "I'm starting to doubt this whole AI hype. We are not really seeing any tangible results".

Having a proxmox host going 0 byte disk sure was interesting. So much strange things happening when disk runs out - ended up getting to bored and just rebooted after putting disk back.

It's gonna be a long time before letting LLMs run normal people browsers will be a non idiotic thing to do. "Our testing has identified scenarios where Claude could be manipulated to: Extract and share sensitive information with bad actors. Delete important files. Perform unintended actions on websites that could result in harm to you or others.". I mean this is from the actual providers own support article... support.anthropic.com/en/artic

Tip of the day: Remember to set the right power profile when working on a laptop. "Balanced" is turtleemoji throttling

Just found out about floating windows in Zellij. So nice for a (or more!) bash scratchpads that can be toggled on/off with a keybind. Great stuff.

A hosts-file with all random AI domains would be helpful. Should start blocking at DNS level..

It's not often that a company launches a feature that makes me really go "Ah! No. That is exactly the OPPOSITE of what I want". But my god did an AI chatbot icon showing up in WhatsApp do that for me.

Doing kernel compiles on 4% battery. Is this peak as ... man that remembers his youth?

Pressing jl<space>w to go to the browser just feels like a major productivity win.

Even if you discount the -ROI of setting up and learning to use the keybinds + the loss of typing speed...

I mean.. That _perceived_ feeling of speed though?! (he said while struggling to remember if it's holding a + b + d and ; wq that will send the skymastotoot while accidentally locking the screen by pressing (lmet + l = lock screen and having to type password again).

Omarchy 3, now with a red dot.

Oh boy was this a rabbithole 😅

A lot of my energy when I wear the product manager hat goes into resisting the urge to bug the developers. Will work on remembering that most things that needs to be sync communication can:

a) be async
b) wait til the 1 scheduled meeting we have each week.

How have I not owned a 3d printer before now? My cable management game is about to hit a new level.

Somehow gen ai lead to it being acceptable to say "Yeah I'm not sure the content in the document is totally correct". Not a good thing. You deliver it you own it. Doesn't matter how you created it.

Seeing AI photos on physical things irks me. The same way as retouched images on the cover of like fashion magazines did 10 years ago. I want reality depicted in reality.

More and more "normal people" I talk to keep saying that "I'm starting to doubt this whole AI hype. We are not really seeing any tangible results".

Having a proxmox host going 0 byte disk sure was interesting. So much strange things happening when disk runs out - ended up getting to bored and just rebooted after putting disk back.

It's gonna be a long time before letting LLMs run normal people browsers will be a non idiotic thing to do. "Our testing has identified scenarios where Claude could be manipulated to: Extract and share sensitive information with bad actors. Delete important files. Perform unintended actions on websites that could result in harm to you or others.". I mean this is from the actual providers own support article... support.anthropic.com/en/artic

Tip of the day: Remember to set the right power profile when working on a laptop. "Balanced" is turtleemoji throttling

Just found out about floating windows in Zellij. So nice for a (or more!) bash scratchpads that can be toggled on/off with a keybind. Great stuff.

A hosts-file with all random AI domains would be helpful. Should start blocking at DNS level..

It's not often that a company launches a feature that makes me really go "Ah! No. That is exactly the OPPOSITE of what I want". But my god did an AI chatbot icon showing up in WhatsApp do that for me.

Doing kernel compiles on 4% battery. Is this peak as ... man that remembers his youth?

Pressing jl<space>w to go to the browser just feels like a major productivity win.

Even if you discount the -ROI of setting up and learning to use the keybinds + the loss of typing speed...

I mean.. That _perceived_ feeling of speed though?! (he said while struggling to remember if it's holding a + b + d and ; wq that will send the skymastotoot while accidentally locking the screen by pressing (lmet + l = lock screen and having to type password again).