Pipelines Without Pipes

The pipeline program constructs a pipeline from its arguments. The first argument is the separator. The program splits the command line on …

Friedman, Pigou, Coase

In a rightly famous 1960 meeting⊕ Famous among economists, at least. Ronald Coase persuaded a room full of University of Chicago …

How Fast Is Gas?

I gave this prompt to Claude today:

I want to estimate the total gasoline fueling capacity in the United States. The key questions are:
* …

The More You Owe the More You're Worth

Today I read an old Econlog post by David Henderson. He links to this gem.

2 Second Lean

Two weeks ago at Lean Coffee Austin two gentlemen from a construction company showed up. It turned out we all share an affinity for 2-Second …

My Best Losing Bet

Nothing focused him more than a bet. A friend who interviewed with him shortly before Halloween had made a giant squid costume. “Dude, …

AI and Individual Contributors

How is the day-to-day experience of the individual contributor changing with the adoption of AI tooling? The tool capabilities remain …

A Bike Shifting Heuristic

My bicycle is a 24-speed model, with three front sprockets and eight rear sprockets. What’s a good shifting pattern to apply when …

In Search of Ignorance

Build to Buy

In our May 2025 meeting the Austin CTO Club took on the theme of “Build versus Buy”. Much of the discussion centered around the …