links

thinking & learning

terence tao

• how did this step get justified?
• on “compilation errors” in mathematical reading, and how to resolve them
• problem solving strategies
• learn and relearn your field

nabeel s. qureshi

• how to understand things
• principles

gerard ‘t hooft

• how to become a good theoretical physicist

art of problem solving

• how to work through hard math problems

ben kuhn

• think real hard

• farhad huseynli — on reading math books

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doing & craft

paul graham

• how to do great work

sam altman

• how to be successful
• productivity

michael nielsen

• principles of effective research

rich sutton

• the bitter lesson

sebastian farquhar

• on agency

niklas gruhn

• np-overrated
• don’t be a meat proxy

sandor dargo

milan milanović

c++ on a friday

• a prvalue is not a temporary

• rahul pandey — on working hard in big tech

• saed — on shipping

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career & life

neel nanda

• top posts

moxie marlinspike

• career advice

80000 hours

• career guide

bilal chughtai

• on being “busy”

• dhh — on sabbaticals

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evergreens

• the mundanity of excellence
• the scientific virtues
• the crackpot index
• cargo cult science
  • for better readability, run in console: document.body.style.cssText = "max-width:800px; margin:4em auto; text-align:justify; hyphens:auto; line-height:1.6; padding:0 20px"
• more is different

TODO: Add mandatory reads list (e.g. “What Every Programmer Should Know About Memory”), possibly as a separate category.