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Some things I believe

life

Reflecting on backpacking Europe for 2 months

europe travel backpacking

The ethics of cryptography

cryptography

A systems perspective for why prompt engineering matters

ai

Every important thought, insight, and question I have about AI

ai

How to run an Ethereum full node on AWS (post-merge)

crypto

What I'm frustrated by in crypto

crypto applications frustrations

Meme analysis anthology: understand enlightenment by understanding the midwit

meme midwit enlightenment

Reflections on organizing a rabbit-hole-athon retreat

life retreat curiosity

21 reflections on life

life

It's time to build institutions

institutions startups

How to run an Ethereum full node on AWS (pre-merge)

crypto

Fake it till you make it

life

The fastest runners have the smoothest strides

poem

Great hackers are fearless

hackers fear courage

Reflecting on building my own tools from scratch and 'inventing on principle'

building tools inventing on principle

Some people just won't get it

advice

Why is teaching hard?

teaching

Abstractions and translation

abstractions translations interpreters

Building a programming language from scratch

programming language interpreter

Talkers and doers

talkers doers

Curiosity needs courage

curiosity courage

Aim to get rejected often

rejection

Playing the internship game: my honest experience

internship recruiting

What it means to be lucky

luck

Distinguishing goals from chores

goals

Genius is (mostly) comparative

success intelligence

With ❤️,
Amir