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This is a /now page inspired by Derek Siver’s Now page 
 
 Indie Hacking 
 Exporing the world of agriculture and the supply chain. 
 Assistant at Rwanda Olympiad Program 
 
 Date: 6th Jan 2026
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Avocados So Far: What I know about exporting avocados from Rwanda to Singapore
Sourcing 
 Avocados are available from a cooperative, a social enterprise, or directly with farmers. In most cases, working with cooperatives is recommended as as it is hard to communicate with multiple farmers and it is also hard to secure a stable supply. Additionally, there’s extra legwork required to ensure to comply with the regulatory quality requirements such as fertiliser content.…
How to Deploy ComfyUI On Modal with an API
Deploying ComfyUI on Modal as an API 
 Let’s explore how to deploy ComfyUI on Modal as well as the pitfalls involved. Modal is an infrustructure platform which allows you to deploy custom AI models at scale. It is similar to platforms like fal.ai and Replicate . ComfyUI on the other hand is a node-based interface for Stable Diffusion and other Generative Workflows. It is used to compose…
How to start an Informatics Olympiad Program
How to start an Informatics Olympiad Program 
 
 Find students and train them. Maybe from Math or Physics Olympiad. 
 Source for funding. Maybe this happens before 0. 
 Run a National Contest and maybe camp to select five students. 
 
 
 Bebras Competition doesn’t require students to already know how to code 
 
 
 Send an observer to the International…
How to configure React PDF Higlighter For Next.js 13
What is React PDF Highlighter? 
 As the name suggests, React PDF Highlighter is a way to create and annotate PDFs. Unfortunately, at time of writing there isn’t support for React 18 and Next.js 13 in main .There’s an active PR up at time of writing (courtesy joebutler2 ) but it’s still being reviewed.I thought I’d detail the process I took to get an example up and…
Quotes
These are some quotes that have stuck with me over the years. Some of the sentiment resonates with me but the quote as a whole may not represent my beliefs. For instance, I am personally not religious but there are quotes from prayers which have stayed with me from the two years that I spent in a Catholic school. 
 
 “Fear is the mind killer” – Dune 
 “An…
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Blogroll
Blogs I like: 
 
 Slate Star Codex 
 Jethro Kuan’s Blog 
 Ben Kuhn’s Blog 
 Explained From First Principles 
 Commoncog 
 Julia Evan’s blog