It’s now been five days since Naida moved in with us. While not everything has been sunshine and rainbows, I was still surprised about how well everything went and how well she adapted to the new environment within a few days. Some personal highlights: In the beginning, she was afraid of entering our house and...

A while back, I published a post called “The joy of writing online”. In there, I talk about how great it is to be a part of the “blogging on your personal website” club. Since then, I also got more and more into the ATproto community and I get very similar vibes from there. I’ve been building things for the web for...

I had a pleasant surprise in my Bluesky timeline today. Brittany reposted a custom feed made by Marisa called “Nature in the News”. The feed surfaces positive news about nature in general, wildlife recovery, advancements in renewable energy, and more. I scrolled the feed for a couple of minutes and saw news like:...

We are lucky that the weather right now is really beautiful. This made getting up early and walking our dog Naida even more enjoyable. Now it’s a little after 7 in the morning. I haven’t yet been on my phone but instead have been out in nature for 30 minutes, have already walked 2.5k steps, got to experience the...

Today was a big day! Our little family welcomed Naida into our home. After roughly two months of regularly visiting her in the shelter, we finally felt ready to take her with us. So far, the day has been great with only a few little oopsies. Let’s hope the night will be fine as well. She’s already loving our couch,...

This is one of the simplest but also most impactful productivity tips I introduced into my daily life. It’s been exceptionally helpful, especially since I’m studying and working from home a lot. An environment where the lines between work and leisure often blur. It’s called the “daily shutdown ritual” and has been...

During my youth, I was a soccer player. Over time, this resulted in strong legs (great) but a pretty stiff lower body as well (not great). Stretching was always an afterthought, and I suppose for most amateur soccer players it’s the same. Now, a couple of years later, I wish I had paid more attention to it earlier...

I’m a couple of days late to Apple’s 50-year anniversary. But I find it still a great occasion to share this video snippet that I rewatch from time to time. It’s from a 1994 interview with the late and great Steve Jobs. It’s short, I recommend you watch it in full (full transcript at the end of the post): This...

Depending on the platform and audience, discussions around AI can be pretty heated. I probably don’t have to tell you that. But there is one particular thing about this whole back and forth that makes it really complicated but also quite predictable to be happening. Matt summarized this very well in his post: Its...

Here’s the thing with ATproto: It’s very impressive from a technical perspective. If you begin to grasp what this protocol enables, you’ll inevitably become a fan (at least you should in my opinion). Posts like “A Social Filesystem” by Dan Abramov that capture this notion of “formats over apps” give a glimpse into...

Part 4 of my series on the book “The Art of Spending Money” by Morgan Housel. In life, there are different virtues you can attain over time. According to columnist David Brooks, we can sort them into two buckets: Things like our salary, job title, net worth and the (fancy) material goods we own belong to the resume...

In the town where I live, we have this great sports facility with multiple soccer fields, a skate park, a basketball court, a sports hall and a tartan track. As a runner, I obviously mostly use the last one. But the thing I enjoy most about it is the environment it’s in. Since this facility is open to the public,...