Let structure emerge organically
Structure comes not from imposing plans from the top down, but bubbling ideas from the bottom up
Writing on productivity, college, and life.
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Google Sheets is not as versatile as I thought
Google Sheets comes with everything you need, until it doesn't
You don't need authentication, just their email
A particularly good trick if you're doing school entrepreneurship
Announcing the release of Course Superlatives
It started as just favorite courses. It quickly spiraled out of control.
Remarkably, Ben's Bytes is one of the best newsletters I receive about tech news
The best AI and tech newsletter I'm currently subscribed to
Unbelievably, uidotdev's Bytes is as great as everyone says it is
The best Web Dev newsletter I'm currently subscribed to
Email to Yale College Housing to be Unlocked
Another email demonstrating how to perform an accusations audit and ground expectations
A More Challenging Medium Than It Seems
A paper about Medium.com and text-based monetization for my EP&E midterm
Introducing Whispering, an Open-Source, Ergonomic Wrapper for the OpenAI Whisper API (self-promo)
My Reddit post for Whispering
Conserve your energy rather than your time
Why focusing on energy management can lead to greater productivity and fulfillment
Introducing Whispering, An Ergonomic Wrapper for OpenAI Whisper
The side project I actually use daily
Svelte and SvelteKit's tutorial is wonderful and my new unequivocal recommendation for starting Web Devs
A huge step forward in making web development accessible and enjoyable for beginners
Most CS majors don't want to code or build—they just want to become product managers
A skeptical take on the average CS major I encounter
My first programming assignment at Yale was an essay on the value of liberal arts
Reflecting on a really funny, on-brand moment in the Yale CS Department
Without COVID, I may have never learned to code
Reflecting on the largest copium I've ever had from COVID
Modern Society, Virtue, Pleasure, and the Role of Government—Examining the Views of Hume, Ferguson, Aristotle, and Bentham
A paper I wrote for my EP&E 215 Midterm comparing Hume and Ferguson's views on "modern societies" and Aristotle and Bentham's conceptions of pleasure
You're navigating your browser wrong
Ditch the back button and use (the right) keyboard shortcuts instead
Daily Theme 15—A Totally Honest, Quintessential, 100% Representative Description of the Ideal Yale Student
A sarcastic take on the ideal characteristics and qualities of a Yale student
You should use Zotero
If you're manually entering your bibliographies, you could be saving so much time
Fix Invalid routes.json (SvelteKit and Cloudflare)
How to fix the "Detected rules the are over the 100 character limit." error
Every hour, big tech takes down a ton of content
Big tech is taking down content at enormous scale, and it's crazy to think about
The Bulwer Lytton Fiction Contest is a hilarious gem of sentences
Find the worst opening sentence to the worst novel never written.
If you want to automate keystrokes with a keyboard shortcut, Keysmith is for you
How to send keystrokes with keyboard shortcut without hassle
You should sign up for the Tsai City Newsletter
An underrated resource for trips and just fun stuff.
Reflecting on Having Three Field Trips in the Span of a Week
A really nice week of travelling with Yale
Reflection on my Trip to DEKA and ARMI in New Hampshire
A fantastic trip, perhaps lifechanging trip with BENG 404 at Yale
Email to CU Hacking Health Hackathon Regarding Registration
An email demonstrating how to perform an accusations audit and ground expectations
ENGL 450 Daily Themes is Amazing and a Course Worth Taking
Reflections on the first lecture of what might be Yale's best English course
Every meal is an opportunity for growth
The magic of meals is in the digression. The random tangents that take you to places completely unexplored, foreign, and perhaps uncomfortable.
Head, Heart by Lydia Davis is beautiful, perhaps one of the best poems I've ever heard
One of the most beautiful examples of the power of monosyllabic words
You should write for the ear rather than the eye
Why you should read your writing out loud, and the case against subvocalization
Design your website to be mobile first
It's way easier to go from mobile to desktop than the other way around
How I use Spotify without ads for free
You don't have to pay Spotify premium to access free music on your desktop
Bluebooking for Happiness is the Bible for Yale Course Selection
After three horrible guts and five terrible major classes, you will have wished you had read it sooner
Introducing Whispering, An Ergonomic Wrapper for OpenAI Whisper
The side project I actually use daily
Most CS majors don't want to code or build—they just want to become product managers
A skeptical take on the average CS major I encounter
Without COVID, I may have never learned to code
Reflecting on the largest copium I've ever had from COVID
Daily Theme 15—A Totally Honest, Quintessential, 100% Representative Description of the Ideal Yale Student
A sarcastic take on the ideal characteristics and qualities of a Yale student
Every meal is an opportunity for growth
The magic of meals is in the digression. The random tangents that take you to places completely unexplored, foreign, and perhaps uncomfortable.
You should write for the ear rather than the eye
Why you should read your writing out loud, and the case against subvocalization
Bluebooking for Happiness is the Bible for Yale Course Selection
After three horrible guts and five terrible major classes, you will have wished you had read it sooner
Let structure emerge organically
Structure comes not from imposing plans from the top down, but bubbling ideas from the bottom up
Conserve your energy rather than your time
Why focusing on energy management can lead to greater productivity and fulfillment
Svelte and SvelteKit's tutorial is wonderful and my new unequivocal recommendation for starting Web Devs
A huge step forward in making web development accessible and enjoyable for beginners
Reflection on my Trip to DEKA and ARMI in New Hampshire
A fantastic trip, perhaps lifechanging trip with BENG 404 at Yale
How I use Spotify without ads for free
You don't have to pay Spotify premium to access free music on your desktop
Every hour, big tech takes down a ton of content
Big tech is taking down content at enormous scale, and it's crazy to think about
Announcing the release of Course Superlatives
It started as just favorite courses. It quickly spiraled out of control.
Remarkably, Ben's Bytes is one of the best newsletters I receive about tech news
The best AI and tech newsletter I'm currently subscribed to
Unbelievably, uidotdev's Bytes is as great as everyone says it is
The best Web Dev newsletter I'm currently subscribed to
You should sign up for the Tsai City Newsletter
An underrated resource for trips and just fun stuff.
Email to CU Hacking Health Hackathon Regarding Registration
An email demonstrating how to perform an accusations audit and ground expectations
Head, Heart by Lydia Davis is beautiful, perhaps one of the best poems I've ever heard
One of the most beautiful examples of the power of monosyllabic words
Email to Yale College Housing to be Unlocked
Another email demonstrating how to perform an accusations audit and ground expectations
Introducing Whispering, an Open-Source, Ergonomic Wrapper for the OpenAI Whisper API (self-promo)
My Reddit post for Whispering
Design your website to be mobile first
It's way easier to go from mobile to desktop than the other way around
The Bulwer Lytton Fiction Contest is a hilarious gem of sentences
Find the worst opening sentence to the worst novel never written.
If you want to automate keystrokes with a keyboard shortcut, Keysmith is for you
How to send keystrokes with keyboard shortcut without hassle
Google Sheets is not as versatile as I thought
Google Sheets comes with everything you need, until it doesn't
My first programming assignment at Yale was an essay on the value of liberal arts
Reflecting on a really funny, on-brand moment in the Yale CS Department
You're navigating your browser wrong
Ditch the back button and use (the right) keyboard shortcuts instead
ENGL 450 Daily Themes is Amazing and a Course Worth Taking
Reflections on the first lecture of what might be Yale's best English course
You should use Zotero
If you're manually entering your bibliographies, you could be saving so much time
A More Challenging Medium Than It Seems
A paper about Medium.com and text-based monetization for my EP&E midterm
Reflecting on Having Three Field Trips in the Span of a Week
A really nice week of travelling with Yale
You don't need authentication, just their email
A particularly good trick if you're doing school entrepreneurship
Fix Invalid routes.json (SvelteKit and Cloudflare)
How to fix the "Detected rules the are over the 100 character limit." error
Modern Society, Virtue, Pleasure, and the Role of Government—Examining the Views of Hume, Ferguson, Aristotle, and Bentham
A paper I wrote for my EP&E 215 Midterm comparing Hume and Ferguson's views on "modern societies" and Aristotle and Bentham's conceptions of pleasure