Influences

not specifically this post, but the graphics that accompanied it

“it’ll take [x] years to do it” “[x] years will pass anyways”

listening to this, and then a podcast about the telephone made me comfortable that i could learn any and everything about how the internet worked.

this book for sure. it starts so simple. too simple. if-else + loops → … → every conceivable form of software

This talks about value capture by focusing on the most critical point of leverage

i felt this one so deeply because it relates to how certain sedimentary rocks form — accretion. most software is an ongoing effort.

this was a major unblock for me after hearing people talk about building for so long. they were talking about building abstractions. iteratively. over time.

this one too

this was a big one. took a few months for it to really click. but when it did, i realized i could no longer not learn how to code (unless all of this was wrong. it is right).