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Life Framework
A collection of rules, thoughts, and ideas I try to live by.
How to work with me
Inspired by “How to Rands,” this is my living guide to how I work best: what helps, what hinders, and how to skip the awkward figuring-each-other-out phase.
My (rooted) Boox Palma Setup
After many emails asking how I set up my Boox Palma, here it is: all the tweaks I made to Readwise, KOReader, and Calibre, plus some extra system customizations.
My Reading Year 2024
I tracked my reading this year and pulled together some stats: 22 books, lots of sci-fi, and a surprising love for crime novels. Here’s the breakdown and what I’m aiming for in 2025.
I find it fascinating how most people I talk to who’ve had some level of success online crave anonymity — while still loving the process of creating and sharing. We all just want to make cool stuff and then disappear again.
Me included.
My 2024 Tech Stack
A look back at the tech I used this year: the hardware I rely on daily and the software that keeps my workflow running.
The typical lifecycle of a Substack writer is that after a while, all they write about is Substack.
Each post becomes commentary about the platform, until their identity is consumed by being a Substacker rather than a writer. That's what happens when your personality is "having opinions for money."