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all code in the function should be at the same level of abstraction

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What does it mean to be a rationalist?

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[[§]] Programming your environment

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apply Spaced Repetition to evergreen notes that you want to remember or periodically rise to attention

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Deliberate Practice in West Coast Swing

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evergreen notes should be concept oriented

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when you develop software you invent a language

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the meaning of the code abstraction should be obvious from the call site

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evergreen notes should be written as if you were explaining the idea to a friend

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deep thinking requires external scaffolding

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Write shy code

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not stating your preferences clearly - imposes high computational costs on people you're communicating with

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functions should be small

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evergreen notes are the ideas or a thoughts elaborated in their full form

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asynchronous individual ideation is more effective than the group one

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Keep knowledge local

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context-switching is expensive

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intentional friend making

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Use explanatory variables

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readability can be understood in computational terms

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abstraction allows you to ignore irrelevant details

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use general-purpose language to augment your command line experience

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batch tasks to avoid unnecessary context switching

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Surround yourself with people you’d like to become more like

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externalize your thinking to free up your temporary memory

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worth of the decision is determined by expected value and not the outcome

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Vlad-interact hours

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transaction costs for delegation is high

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Spaced Repetition can be used for inbox maintenance

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To be able to speak eloquently on the topic - write about it first

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Expanding the Pie

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Marginal attention

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design defines cognitive problems users need to solve

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function size isn't important

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Streamlining my voice note process

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bad code kindles the urge to write comments

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prefer structure over convention

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Your friendly neighborhood botnet

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reduce the number of things you need to be aware of to understand any given code block

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Respecting level of abstraction

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To properly grok new information you need to actively engage with it

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translate novel ideas into the context of your thinking

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It's inefficient for people with high hourly income to do menial work

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people have a very limited short-term memory

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you should consider reading more in audio form

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macOS window switching

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when a group of values is passed around together it can indicate a missing concept

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Change your environment to encourage behaviors you want

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evergreen notes should surprise you

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treat challenges with writing unit tests as a feedback about your design

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employ the power of natural language to improve readability

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composite object interface should be simpler then sum of it's parts

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Close open loops

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consider constraining your system to give it desired properties

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Why I don't like "West Coast Swing"

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Even the best strategy sometimes yields bad results

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Spaced Repetition can be used to program attention

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spontaneous thinking vs deliberate thinking

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messaging layer as a service

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computation is bad

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good interfaces have small surface area

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Use Long Names for Long Scopes

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diffuse thinking mode

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