Topics
Every topic is a worked-through body of notes - read top-to-bottom like a short course, or dip into a single post.
AI & LLMs
Multi-Agent LLM Systems
Foundations, patterns, protocols (MCP/A2A), memory, reliability, and cost of agentic systems.
9 posts →
AI & LLM Engineering
Building, evaluating, and shipping with large language models.
7 posts →
AI Learning Platform
Notes on building AI-powered learning experiences.
29 posts →
Certifications
Communication
Communication & Influence
A 28-part beginner-to-advanced pillar on the skills that multiply a career: public speaking, storytelling, persuasive writing, and the psychology of ethical influence.
29 posts →
English for Developers
A 12-part course on grammar, clarity, and professional writing.
13 posts →
Engineering
System Design
A 20-module, staff-level curriculum: from back-of-the-envelope estimation to consensus, consistency models, and real-world case studies.
21 posts →
Distributed Systems
The hard middle of modern engineering - replication, partitioning, and failure.
20 posts →
Systems Fundamentals
How computers actually work underneath the abstractions.
11 posts →
Security & Privacy Engineering
Building software that protects its users and their data.
14 posts →
Computer Graphics for Print
Color, raster, vector, and the craft of getting pixels onto paper.
17 posts →
Print Production Craft
The practical craft behind professional print production.
17 posts →
Money & Business
Economics from First Principles
Rebuilding economic intuition from the ground up.
32 posts →
Business & Financial Literacy
Reading the numbers that run a business.
16 posts →
Personal Money Mastery
Practical personal finance, explained simply.
20 posts →
How to Make Money
Ways value gets created and captured.
22 posts →
Sales & Customer Development
Talking to customers and selling honestly.
18 posts →
Make Money with AI
21 realistic ways to earn in the AI era - honest earnings, timelines, and how AI-proof each path is, researched for 2026.
26 posts →
Thinking & Decisions
Thinking Skills
Mental models and reasoning tools for clearer thought.
17 posts →
Systems Thinking
Seeing the loops, stocks, and flows behind complex problems.
22 posts →
Psychology of Decisions
How we actually decide - biases, heuristics, and how to do better.
22 posts →
Clear Thinking & Expression
Thinking clearly and saying it plainly.
25 posts →
Product Sense & Empathy
Building the right thing for real people.
18 posts →
Ten Disciplines
A cross-disciplinary toolkit for a well-rounded mind.
30 posts →
Life, Money & Relationships
The non-technical things that matter most.
30 posts →
The Knowing-Doing Gap
Why almost everyone knows what leads to success yet so few do it - the psychology, neuroscience, and habits behind closing the gap between knowing and doing.
13 posts →
Learn How to Learn
The science of learning itself - how memory works, why you forget, and the evidence-based techniques (spaced repetition, active recall, interleaving, deliberate practice) that make anything stick.
15 posts →