Jon
@conwy.bsky.social
Software • Design • Keyboards • Fitness • Frugality • Plant-Based • Long-Term Investing • Systems • Stoicism • Taoism
https://conwy.co
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Blogged: How I built my designerly CV conwy.co/articles/des...
December 21, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Blogged: How I built my designerly CV conwy.co/articles/des...
Some Christmassy listening tips for the classically inclined...
• Requiem: “In Paradisum” • Gabriel FAURÉ
• Choir Concerto • Alfred SCHNITTKE
• Vignt Regards • Olivier MESSIAEN
• Requiem: “In Paradisum” • Gabriel FAURÉ
• Choir Concerto • Alfred SCHNITTKE
• Vignt Regards • Olivier MESSIAEN
December 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Some Christmassy listening tips for the classically inclined...
• Requiem: “In Paradisum” • Gabriel FAURÉ
• Choir Concerto • Alfred SCHNITTKE
• Vignt Regards • Olivier MESSIAEN
• Requiem: “In Paradisum” • Gabriel FAURÉ
• Choir Concerto • Alfred SCHNITTKE
• Vignt Regards • Olivier MESSIAEN
“The better you know something, the less you remember about how hard it was to learn. The curse of knowledge is the single best explanation I know of why good people write bad prose.”
― Steven Pinker • The Sense of Style
― Steven Pinker • The Sense of Style
September 9, 2025 at 1:16 AM
“The better you know something, the less you remember about how hard it was to learn. The curse of knowledge is the single best explanation I know of why good people write bad prose.”
― Steven Pinker • The Sense of Style
― Steven Pinker • The Sense of Style
Reposted by Jon
⚛️📝 New on Overreacted: Functional HTML
Functional HTML — overreacted
Tags on both sides.
overreacted.io
May 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
⚛️📝 New on Overreacted: Functional HTML
Advantage of code coverage rules: they nudge you to write less code in the first place.
March 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Advantage of code coverage rules: they nudge you to write less code in the first place.
Blogged: Simulating application states
conwy.co/articles/sim...
conwy.co/articles/sim...
February 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Blogged: Simulating application states
conwy.co/articles/sim...
conwy.co/articles/sim...
“The best way to increase your lifespan is exercise, because exercise cuts down inflammation.”
– Joseph C Wu, MD, PhD
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdkG...
– Joseph C Wu, MD, PhD
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdkG...
Health Matters 2024: Ways to Protect Your Heart at Any Age
YouTube video by Stanford Medicine
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
“The best way to increase your lifespan is exercise, because exercise cuts down inflammation.”
– Joseph C Wu, MD, PhD
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdkG...
– Joseph C Wu, MD, PhD
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdkG...
I see people confuse /having a plan/ with /living frugally/. You can have a plan for the worst-case without immediately following it. Probably this confusion is because we underestimate our ability to adapt. (Negativity bias perhaps?)
#personalfinance
#personalfinance
February 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I see people confuse /having a plan/ with /living frugally/. You can have a plan for the worst-case without immediately following it. Probably this confusion is because we underestimate our ability to adapt. (Negativity bias perhaps?)
#personalfinance
#personalfinance
“Eating sugar has a potent impact on the same parts of the brain that are stimulated by addictive drugs like cocaine or heroin. In animal studies, rats will work eight times harder to get sugar than cocaine.”
– Food: What the Heck Should I Eat? • Mark HYMAN
– Food: What the Heck Should I Eat? • Mark HYMAN
February 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
“Eating sugar has a potent impact on the same parts of the brain that are stimulated by addictive drugs like cocaine or heroin. In animal studies, rats will work eight times harder to get sugar than cocaine.”
– Food: What the Heck Should I Eat? • Mark HYMAN
– Food: What the Heck Should I Eat? • Mark HYMAN
Pro Tips for Google Flights | Save Big on Your Next Trip!
Nora DUNN • theprofessionalhobo.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7m...
Nora DUNN • theprofessionalhobo.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7m...
The Professional Hobo
The adventures of Nora Dunn, The Professional Hobo, digital nomad since 2006. Learn how to travel full-time in a financially sustainable way!
theprofessionalhobo.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Pro Tips for Google Flights | Save Big on Your Next Trip!
Nora DUNN • theprofessionalhobo.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7m...
Nora DUNN • theprofessionalhobo.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7m...
Blogged: Keyboard shortcuts
conwy.co/articles/key...
conwy.co/articles/key...
February 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Blogged: Keyboard shortcuts
conwy.co/articles/key...
conwy.co/articles/key...
“The Principle of Least Resistance: In a business setting, without clear feedback on the impact of various behaviours to the bottom line, we will tend toward behaviours that are
easiest in the moment.”
– Deep Work • Cal NEWPORT
easiest in the moment.”
– Deep Work • Cal NEWPORT
February 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
“The Principle of Least Resistance: In a business setting, without clear feedback on the impact of various behaviours to the bottom line, we will tend toward behaviours that are
easiest in the moment.”
– Deep Work • Cal NEWPORT
easiest in the moment.”
– Deep Work • Cal NEWPORT
“To learn, in other words, is an act of deep work. If you’re comfortable going deep, you’ll be comfortable mastering the increasingly complex systems and skills needed to thrive in our economy.”
– Deep Work • Cal NEWPORT
– Deep Work • Cal NEWPORT
February 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
“To learn, in other words, is an act of deep work. If you’re comfortable going deep, you’ll be comfortable mastering the increasingly complex systems and skills needed to thrive in our economy.”
– Deep Work • Cal NEWPORT
– Deep Work • Cal NEWPORT
“When a wise person suffers, she asks herself, ‘What can I do to be free from this suffering? Who can help me? What have I done to free myself from this suffering?’”
– Thich Nhất HẠNH • The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching
– Thich Nhất HẠNH • The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching
February 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
“When a wise person suffers, she asks herself, ‘What can I do to be free from this suffering? Who can help me? What have I done to free myself from this suffering?’”
– Thich Nhất HẠNH • The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching
– Thich Nhất HẠNH • The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching
“54. I have three treasures I hold and cherish: compassion, frugality, and not needing to be ahead of all under heaven. Compassion gives me courage. Frugality allows generosity. Not needing to be ahead lets me lead the people.”
– Tao Te Ching
– Tao Te Ching
February 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
“54. I have three treasures I hold and cherish: compassion, frugality, and not needing to be ahead of all under heaven. Compassion gives me courage. Frugality allows generosity. Not needing to be ahead lets me lead the people.”
– Tao Te Ching
– Tao Te Ching
“Competition is enjoyable only when it is a means to perfect one’s skills; when it becomes an end in itself, it ceases to be fun.”
– Mihaly CSIKSZENTMIHALYI • Flow
– Mihaly CSIKSZENTMIHALYI • Flow
February 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
“Competition is enjoyable only when it is a means to perfect one’s skills; when it becomes an end in itself, it ceases to be fun.”
– Mihaly CSIKSZENTMIHALYI • Flow
– Mihaly CSIKSZENTMIHALYI • Flow
Learning about the Lifecycle Investing Model, I’m seeing the beauty and power of Calculus, Linear Algebra and Algorithms, with uses far beyond big O or pixel shaders!
February 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Learning about the Lifecycle Investing Model, I’m seeing the beauty and power of Calculus, Linear Algebra and Algorithms, with uses far beyond big O or pixel shaders!
“it is probably true that no social system has ever survived long unless its people had some hope that their government would help them achieve happiness”
– Mihaly CSIKSZENTMIHALYI • Flow
– Mihaly CSIKSZENTMIHALYI • Flow
February 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
“it is probably true that no social system has ever survived long unless its people had some hope that their government would help them achieve happiness”
– Mihaly CSIKSZENTMIHALYI • Flow
– Mihaly CSIKSZENTMIHALYI • Flow
Learn to Build a TIPS Ladder from Kevin Esler
youtu.be/h7hSxaS_BrY
youtu.be/h7hSxaS_BrY
Learn to Build a TIPS Ladder from Kevin Esler -- the Creator of the Free Tool -- TIPSLADDER.COM
YouTube video by Economic Security Planning
youtu.be
February 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Learn to Build a TIPS Ladder from Kevin Esler
youtu.be/h7hSxaS_BrY
youtu.be/h7hSxaS_BrY
"I am not a fixed income person, but, unlike Vegas, what happens in the bond market does not stay in the bond markets. Interest rates drive equity values, and needless to say, their path in 2025 matters."
– Aswath DAMODARAN
aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com/2025/01/data...
– Aswath DAMODARAN
aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com/2025/01/data...
Data Update 4 for 2025: Interest Rates, Inflation and Central Banks!
A blog about markets, finance and all things money related.
aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com
February 2, 2025 at 4:17 AM
"I am not a fixed income person, but, unlike Vegas, what happens in the bond market does not stay in the bond markets. Interest rates drive equity values, and needless to say, their path in 2025 matters."
– Aswath DAMODARAN
aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com/2025/01/data...
– Aswath DAMODARAN
aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com/2025/01/data...
“Progress is relatively fast in fields that apply knowledge to the material world, such as physics or genetics. But it is painfully slow when knowledge is to be applied to modify our own habits and desires.”
– Mihaly CSIKSZENTMIHALYI • Flow
– Mihaly CSIKSZENTMIHALYI • Flow
February 2, 2025 at 4:16 AM
“Progress is relatively fast in fields that apply knowledge to the material world, such as physics or genetics. But it is painfully slow when knowledge is to be applied to modify our own habits and desires.”
– Mihaly CSIKSZENTMIHALYI • Flow
– Mihaly CSIKSZENTMIHALYI • Flow
Finished How the World Really Works • Vaclav SMIL
Big learnings:
• No apocalypse by 2050
• Fossil fuel dependence, big effort & decades to reduce
• Earth’s Oxygen levels won’t decline
• Diet advice: Japanese or Mediterranean
• Improve environment: reduce beef & food waste
Big learnings:
• No apocalypse by 2050
• Fossil fuel dependence, big effort & decades to reduce
• Earth’s Oxygen levels won’t decline
• Diet advice: Japanese or Mediterranean
• Improve environment: reduce beef & food waste
February 2, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Finished How the World Really Works • Vaclav SMIL
Big learnings:
• No apocalypse by 2050
• Fossil fuel dependence, big effort & decades to reduce
• Earth’s Oxygen levels won’t decline
• Diet advice: Japanese or Mediterranean
• Improve environment: reduce beef & food waste
Big learnings:
• No apocalypse by 2050
• Fossil fuel dependence, big effort & decades to reduce
• Earth’s Oxygen levels won’t decline
• Diet advice: Japanese or Mediterranean
• Improve environment: reduce beef & food waste
“the fundamentals of our lives will not change drastically in the coming 20–30 years, despite the near-constant flood of claims about superior innovations”
– Vaclav SMIL • How The World Really Works
– Vaclav SMIL • How The World Really Works
February 2, 2025 at 4:16 AM
“the fundamentals of our lives will not change drastically in the coming 20–30 years, despite the near-constant flood of claims about superior innovations”
– Vaclav SMIL • How The World Really Works
– Vaclav SMIL • How The World Really Works
“A category mistake … is behind the frequent, but deeply mistaken, conclusion that in this new, electronically enabled world everything can, and will, move much faster.”
– Vaclav SMIL • How The World Really Works
– Vaclav SMIL • How The World Really Works
February 2, 2025 at 4:16 AM
“A category mistake … is behind the frequent, but deeply mistaken, conclusion that in this new, electronically enabled world everything can, and will, move much faster.”
– Vaclav SMIL • How The World Really Works
– Vaclav SMIL • How The World Really Works
“If the stress is something that you can control and you are not, that is a lack of discipline and a lack of ownership. Get control of it ... Solve the problem. If the stress is something you can’t control: Embrace it.”
– Jocko WILLINK • Discipline Equals Freedom
– Jocko WILLINK • Discipline Equals Freedom
February 2, 2025 at 4:16 AM
“If the stress is something that you can control and you are not, that is a lack of discipline and a lack of ownership. Get control of it ... Solve the problem. If the stress is something you can’t control: Embrace it.”
– Jocko WILLINK • Discipline Equals Freedom
– Jocko WILLINK • Discipline Equals Freedom