Backlog

2022-01-06

Here are all of the things I'm interested in writing about.

Fundamentals

I've written a lot about fundamentals already, but there's still more to explore:

• fundamentals at different scales: life, knowledge work, software engineering
• state-of-the-art summaries of: learning, habits, memory, sleep, energy, effort, attention and focus, and maybe positive psychology

Technical deep dives

As much as I love fundamentals, don't want to talk about fundamentals without showing that I can apply them. And for me, that would mean technical deep dives on:

• Languages:
  • Python: bytecode, metaclasses, GIL. ABCs, mypy
  • Rust, Typescript
• Libraries:
  • Python: Flask, Jinja, requests, py.test, numpy
  • JavaScript: React
• Infrastructure:
  • General systems design
  • Backend: MapReduce, Spark
  • Storage: Parquet, BigTable, Protobuf, Thrift
  • Realtime: Redis, Memcached, Kafka
  • Web: Serverless, webassembly, containers?
• Math:
  • Calculus review and statistics
• Systems:
  • TCP/IP
  • Authentication
  • Caching
• Companies:
  • Amazon, Cloudflare, Netflix, Stripe, Substack
• Industries:
  • Shipping, payments, information, climate

Engineering as a whole

• Classic books on engineering and programming
• Cookbook of language snippets
  • Python: IO, Flask, scripts
• Quality of life tools
  • Vim: integrations, tools
  • Terminal management: Fish, Byobu?
  • Alternative Python REPLs
• Career:
  • Networking and marketing
  • Career capital
  • Career planning and flexibility

Large topics

And there are some larger topics I want to hit on, when I feel equal to them:

• Attention and attention economies
• formal systems in Sanskrit
• Tech and democracy

Random small things

• OSX app install custom background