An OpenType variable font that turns simple text expressions into inline charts. No JavaScript, no images — just type.

Every time I post a new behavioral experiment, or share a personal resolution of some kind, I get a few emails telling me not to be so strict with myself.

They always say something like “It’s not good to be so hard on yourself!” or “We shouldn’t be forcing ourselves to do things!”

This is a common thing to hear in our improvement-focused culture. I used to think it was a reasonable caution, but now I think it’s generally bad advice.

It seems well-meaning in most cases—people sometimes do go overboard with exercise, frugality, and personal efficiency. But I think it’s much more common for people to go under-board in some or all of those areas, and you can bet the person giving you a hard time is one of them.

We often hear about the importance of “balance” in our self-improvement efforts. But what exactly are we balancing? Good behaviors and bad ones? Are we looking for lives that are equal parts wisdom and recklessness?

Can you imagine someone saying “I don’t think we should force ourselves to brush our teeth every day. You have to live a little!”

Little language inspired by Rust that compiles to Go.

Artifacts is an image + link organizer app for macOS and iOS. A
completely native, local first way to save all that stuff you find
across the web.

Micro-tasking is a management paradigm we've been practicing for over eight years, to the benefit of our programmers and project sponsors.

История о том, как наше Бюро проектировало лучшую тележку для торговых сетей группы X5

Про автомобили, химию, эксперименты, скандалы, историю, политику, сферы влияния, махинации, войны итд итп.

3 часа восторга!

When I’ve listened the most effectively to people, it’s because I was intensely curious—I was trying to build a detailed, precise understanding of what was going on in their head.

Powerful ASCII art editor designed for the Mac.

Whenever I explain my research at Google into mobile text editing, I’m usually met with blank stares or a slightly hostile “Everyone can edit text on their phones, right? What’s the problem?”

Никита рассказывает про текст и кодировки

Для всех, кто знал SQL, но подзабыл

Рич Хикки рассказывает о различиях простоты и лёгкости в контексте проектирования и написания программ.

Говорит, что многие выбирают лёгкость, забывая про простоту. Со временем комплексность превращается во что-то такое, что сложно поддерживать и в чём сложно разобраться новичкам.

Нужно стремиться искать лёгкие способы делать простые программы.

Интерактивная статья о физике велосипеда.