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The One-Step Trap: Why Iterating Imperfect Predictions Fails in AI Research
The appeal of this mistake is that it contains a grain of truth: if all one-step predictions can be made with perfect accuracy, then they can be used to make all longer-term prediction with perfect accuracy. However, if the one-step pred
Why Mark Rothko's Abstract Paintings Matter Today
Why this Rothko, right now
The just-say-no engineer archetype was a product of the ZIRP era
Through the looking glass of benchmark hacking
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The surprising structural similarities between neural networks and cryptographic ciphers
Parameters vs. Computation: Understanding Deep Learning Model Efficiency Metrics
The value of sharing creative process publicly: working with the garage door up
One of my favorite ways that creative people communicate is by “working with their garage door up,” to riff on a passage from Robin Sloan (below). This is the opposite of the Twitter account which mostly posts announcements of finished work: it’s Screensh
ripgrep: A Fast Command-Line Search Tool Written in Rust
Understanding Continuous Batching in Large Language Models: From Attention Mechanisms to Throughput Optimization
Exactitude in Science – Borges (1946) [pdf]
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Joan Didion's 1967 Essay on the Dark Side of Haight-Ashbury's Summer of Love
Breakthrough: 1.3-Second Cross-Machine Weight Transfer for Trillion-Parameter AI Models
Modal introduces GPU memory snapshots for sub-second container startup times
FTX Figure Caroline Ellison Scheduled for Early Prison Release Next Month
Exploring Vibe Coding: Human-AI Collaboration in Programming
AI Sycophancy: The Growing Problem of Excessive Praise in Large Language Models

Methodology for Measuring Perceived Claustrophobia on New York City Streets
The Value of Tinkering: A Programmer's Reflection on Learning Through Experimentation
Analyzing the U.S. Economy's Unexpected Resilience Amid Warning Signs
The Physics of Cooking Chicken Through Impact: Analyzing an Absurd Scientific Question
Some questions are timeless, innocent yet penetrating in their simplicity. Why is the sky blue? Why do things fall? How hard must one hit a chicken to cook it? It is this last mystery of the universe that we discuss today.

