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Omar Bohsali
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`metadata-enforcer v2`: Django-like class definitions for Obsidian frontmatter.
Manage your Obsidian frontmatter and YAML metadata with Django-like class definitions.
`pg-fft`: Fast Fourier Transforms in PostgreSQL
Compute Fast Fourier Transforms from the comfort of your own PostgreSQL database.
"Talking Your Book" and Memecoins: it's all just data compression
`F5 `, are you long treasurys, meme-coins, shibboleth, encrypted messages, and it's all just data compression.
Manage your Obsidian Metadata with `metadata-enforcer`
a metadata linter + validator that lints, corrects, and enforces constraints and referential integrity in your obsidian vault.
`chat.xml`: Be sovereign, own your chats.
Save your chat sessions in XML. Own your tokens, own your thinking.
Unnecessary Questions
Just because we can put words together and form a question, that doesn't mean we need to answer it.
`llm.sql`: Implementing GPT-2 in PostgreSQL
Full forward pass in SQL. Multi-head attention, LayerNorm, sampling. Matmul hijacks pgvector's index operators. The KV cache is a table.
Reflexive Prediction Markets
Markets as levers, not mirrors
Introspection, Narcissism, and the FTC
Make yourself more awesome introspect by thinking like the FTC.
Ostensible Tyranny in Categorization
Their NAND is your upside.
Paradox and Profit: Python's `type` and Kegan's Model of Adult Development
What if instead of tragedy we chose free cash flow?
Latency Numbers You Should Know in 2026
InfiniBand ping pong and thunderbolt roundtrips
The End of Obfuscation
Soon public `DATABASE_URL`s won't be a thing anymore.
Solving GPS Trilateration in SQL
Think twice before going camping.
Know thy Rabbit Hole
If you're gonna go, go boldly.
"No one told you where to run"
Well that's your opinion
Center's Pivot & The Crystal Merchant
Things I learned build a web3 infra company.
Speed is Quality
Do you want this done correctly or quickly? Yes.
Degrees of Freedom
Where to fly the plane, or how to fly the plane?
Compute Futures Markets
Thinking about compute commodity futures markets.
When You Laugh, Don’t Stutter
Moore is faster than Darwin.
Same Pom-Poms
Awkward until undeniable.
Incredibly Perfect
We only decorate words after they stop protecting us.
The Lulz Motive
When you're making something for yourself, you don't need a `users` table
The Man, The Machine, and The Door
Fusing identity and work makes you protect your ego instead of improving your creation.
Great Financial Primitives with Marketing Problems
I think Credit Default Swaps and Assassination Markets are under-explored idea spaces.
The Day You Became A Better Writer
Reposting this because the original page is down
Ambition Mismatch
Dante has nothing on this.
No Eco Mode
In a world with infinite opportunity, knowing what you're not is a superpower
DFQ
Why sometimes "just don't quit" is the fastest path to failure.
The Hidden Danger in Low-Information Goals & Statements
Here's why "I want to make the world a better place" sounds good but only for 5 seconds.
Local/Global Optimization and It's Nonobvious Impact on Human Relationships and Life
Good intentions and continual short term thinking gets you stuck in the waiting place.
A New Perspective on Risk
Identify as many risks as you can and then decide which you won't hedge.
Overthinking Can Lead to the Same Outcomes as Not Thinking At All
Is there really a difference between overthinking and not thinking in the first place?
Builder Identity Politics
Is there a word for a builder who doesn't ship?
Just Go Back to Bed: Short-Term Applications of the Efficient Market Hypothesis
Where's the joke about the economist who's walking down the street
The Idea Maze
Competition from other startups is usually just a distraction.
Programming Languages
I'm not talking about the one you use to write code.
The Way To Do the Thing is To Do The Thing
Highlighting some key differences between South Carolina and `/dev/null`
ActiveStorage::Attachment & Ransack
Solving Define a `ransackable_attributes` class method in your `ActiveStorage::Attachment`
Going in Circles Just to Realize You're Already There
You keep spinning in circles until you realize you were already there.
"Omar, we bill hourly." My Silicon Valley Story, Part 1.
Reflections on going west and taking a chance.
Playing Your Own Game
The best version of your own story is the most interesting thing you can share with the world.
Nesting Fixtures in Ethereum-Waffle
Faster test suites lead to better smart contracts.
Values: Outrage Means You're Doing it Right
When the outrage mob comes knocking, Claude Shannon smiles down on you.
Date Night
Be Direct. Have the Hard Conversation. Don't Waste Time.
Keep Shipping
Taking something from an idea to actually shipped feels so good.
RIP David Swensen
David Swensen and University Endowments.
What's Next: EIR at Paradigm
I'm joining Paradigm as an EIR for the next 6 months.