Asymmetric Apologies
An asymmetric apology is a structural amputation. You offer a disproportionate, irreversible concession. You permanently surrender power that you had over your users in exchange for a chance at their renewed confidence.
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thoughtful screams into the void
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Modeling the 2026 World Cup as a Status Page
Using incident.io to run a status page service that emails you World Cup goals and match results.
Psychosis HN
A daily game where AI comments hide in real Hacker News threads. Flag the fakes, hit reveal, get a grade. Most people score worse than they expect.
Adding a Command Palette to Hacker News
Kreamsicle Kreamsicle is a userscript that adds a command palette to Hacker News . Press Cmd+K (or Ctrl+K ) to open it, then type to filter commands or search stories, users, comments, and domains. It includes vim-style keyboard shortcuts: gt for top stories gn for new g1 - g30 to jump directly to a story by its position on the page. I built it because I wanted faster navigation on HN without…
Technical Assessments Should be Open Source
The Hiring Problem This isn’t your typical rant about the cargo culting of Leetcode interviews (although it is a related point. ) There is a problem today with the process of identifying technical talent. The assessments we use to evaluate candidates are too heavily weighed against them. Algorithmic coding questions bias against those without a CS background. Take home assessments ask for too much…