Beyond Euclid #221

Hello from Beyond Euclid 221.

This week I did something I’d been putting off for a long time. I wiped nearly 95% of Abakcus.com, rebuilt the design from scratch, and started over. The site had around 2,000 daily visitors — but none of it was converting into anything. Traffic without purpose is just noise. So I took the risk, cleared it out, and decided that whatever goes on there from now on has to actually be worth someone’s time.

That same thinking applies here. Beyond Euclid is going to stay exactly what it’s always been at its best — the kind of thing you bring up at dinner, share with a friend, or just sit with for a few minutes because it’s genuinely interesting. No padding, no SEO bait, no sponsored anything. Just stuff that makes you go wow.

221 issues in, still free, still weekly. If it’s earned a place in your routine, a paid subscription on Substack or a contribution on Patreon is the most direct way to keep it going. If that’s not for you right now, forwarding it to one perso…