Notes
Shorter, more personal notes: chess, readings, various reflections.
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What a lost game teaches me that a won game doesn't
A note on the asymmetry between winning and losing at chess, and why I review my losses far more carefully than my wins.
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Explaining money to a child without lying through simplification→
A note born from SouSou: simplifying a financial concept for a 6-year-old without distorting its meaning is harder than it sounds.
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Why chess takes up so much space→
A note on what chess teaches me, outside of code, and on why I ended up building software around it.
- 1 min read
Why I build my kids' education apps→
A note on SouSou, Studyverse and Quizzy, and on what I refuse to put in them.
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One new ecosystem a year, with no professional obligation→
Why I learned Rust and Go outside of any client engagement, and what kortex, kafkex and go-primer taught me about learning itself.
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Stock market: the vocabulary before getting started→
A vocabulary note, not financial advice: what I clarify for myself before even asking whether I should invest.
- 1 min read
Understanding the stock market before coding the app, and before investing→
A note on why I refuse to build (or use) a financial tool until I actually understand what it does.
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Why I went freelance→
More interesting projects, and the freedom that comes with taking responsibility for managing my own career.