Kabbalah and Economics
What Kabbalah's progression from receiving to giving can teach us about violence, free markets, socialism, and low time preference.
Kabbalah, Haskell, and the ST Monad
A surprising analogy between Haskell's immutability and ST monad, and the Kabbalistic idea that spiritual states are never erased.
Who pays a tax?
When the government adds a new tax, such as Trump's tariffs, who absorbs the cost of the tax?
The Paradox of Necessary Force
Many of us dream of living in a world without any violence. Let's explore why at least the threat of violence will always be necessary.
Incentives Determine Outcomes
Why do people do seemingly irrational things? What is moral hazard? This and much more is explained through incentives.
A secure Bitcoin self custody strategy
A guide to setting up a multisig Bitcoin wallet. Especially intended for those who can't guarantee physical security of backup media.
Normal People Shouldn't Invest
Should you save your money, invest in the stock market, or just spend? My recommendation: none of the above.
Hello Nostr
An introduction to the Nostr social media protocol, written by a fresh user who's been on the platform for less than a week.
Steelmanning Tariffs
My best arguments in favor of Trump's proposed tariffs, from the standpoint of someone opposed to tariffs.
My Path to Bitcoin
My personal story of changing my opinion on Bitcoin.
Buying Bitcoin or selling dollars?
It may sound like a purely semantic discussion, but when I trade dollars for Bitcoin, am I buying Bitcoin? Or am I selling dollars? Let's explore.
Bitcoin vs Gold
My review of a debate between Peter Schiff and Jack Mallers on gold and Bitcoin
Personal update, upcoming blogging
Why have I been so quiet for the past few years?
Let the API protect you
A small journey, in Rust, demonstrating the power of data driven APIs and strong types.
Manual Leptos
Leptos is a Rust frontend web framework focusing on fine-grained reactivity. In this post, we take a look at a more manual approach to using Leptos.
How I Stay Organized
A review of my personal organizational system and tools I use to enhance it
My Best and Worst Deadlock in Rust
I wrote a deadlock a few months back in some Rust code, and we finally solved it recently. It was both my best and worst deadlock ever.
The Opposite of Partial Functions
Partial functions are often considered harmful, and we recommend developers use total functions instead. In this post, we'll explore what the true opposite of a partial function is.