A curated list of life upgrades I waited way too long to buy
Last updated: December 1, 2024
Steven Buccini
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The Luminator, 2024 Costco edition
Guess which apartment is mine?
The best new songs from 2022 that you almost certainly missed
See similar posts from 2021 (TK), 2020
8 Hard Truths I learned when I got laid off from my SWE job
I got laid off from a software engineering job in April of 2020.
The most beautiful description of data compression
The next time you need to explain data (de)compression to someone, you would do well to refer them to this passage from Roger Angell’s essay Box Scores:
On college basketball, the state religion of North Carolina
North Carolina is a state full of contradictions, one being that every single person can correctly pronounce Krzyzewski but no one can pronounce Buccini.
Zillow did not have metallic balls
“Do you know what it takes to sell real estate? It takes brass balls to sell real estate.” — Blake, Glengarry Glen Ross Last week, Zillow made such a whopper of an oopsie that they shut down an entire division and wrote off more than $500 million in losses. I’m not gonna mince words here. Zillow simply did not have the guts to be in the “iBuying” business. Here is Max Levchin , founder of Affirm…
The Smash Test
I love learning the history behind some of my favorite songs. I find that knowing their backstories adds an extra layer of nuance as I listen. Vice’s “The Story Of” series is fascinating for that very reason.
The Assembly
Three years on, I’m still humbled by the size and magnitude of support for my campaign. My team and I were blown away by each and every person who decided to use their precious time and treasure to support our cause. My gratefulness has only deepened with time, since in hindsight I realize just how crazy and ambitious we were. It’s easy to hop on a bandwagon, but taking a flier on a nobody with a…
Why is the Chrysler Building missing from Spider-Man: Miles Morales?
TL;DR: it’s a trademark issue. You should read my full post on Why is 1 World Trade Center missing from Spider-Man? for more details.