https://hazn.com i am hazn, although, emphasis not mine en https://hazn.com/istanbul-notes https://hazn.com/istanbul-notes Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Human resiliency fascinates me. Expats in Europe say the Turkish inflation is not too bad, Istanbul people say it's really bad. https://hazn.com/stupid-version https://hazn.com/stupid-version Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Some ideas get adopted by the mainstream, and inevitably lose nuance during the adoption. Aka the mainstream gets the stupid version of the idea. https://hazn.com/6-7-rules https://hazn.com/6-7-rules Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 At 30 years old, I am saddened that I beat all of my computer science students when it comes to AI workflows. https://hazn.com/bittersweet https://hazn.com/bittersweet Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 I have a British lad in my head going "bit bittersweet, innit?" on all these things. https://hazn.com/roon-on-first-principles https://hazn.com/roon-on-first-principles Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 humans are really not built for first principles analytical thinking. even smart people find it incredibly exhausting. https://hazn.com/aesthetics-of-2026 https://hazn.com/aesthetics-of-2026 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 In Q2 2026, you should either max out being a specialist or max out being a messy/composer/glue layer. Here is some inspo for messymaxxing. https://hazn.com/2026-06-12 https://hazn.com/2026-06-12 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Links and notes from June 12, 2026. https://hazn.com/retroactive-redemption-pattern https://hazn.com/retroactive-redemption-pattern Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 They really thought they were cookin'. Arguing against crackpots (and the fans they've gathered) is a losing battle, as losing is overdetermined. This post documents one reason why: The Retroactive Redemption Pattern. https://hazn.com/performance-mantras https://hazn.com/performance-mantras Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Most advice on performance will only help you to get better incrementally. Here are some mantras I think are undervalued for true breakthroughs 🧘. https://hazn.com/three-things-i-believe https://hazn.com/three-things-i-believe Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 consume guilt free, compound everything, recover faster from the inevitable crashdown. https://hazn.com/please-stop-repeating-is-the-differentiator https://hazn.com/please-stop-repeating-is-the-differentiator Sat, 23 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 AI has a new fool's trap each year. https://hazn.com/just https://hazn.com/just Wed, 13 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 phrases that never achieve anything, ever https://hazn.com/snobbery https://hazn.com/snobbery Sun, 10 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 I'm a MacBook snob, I have declined attractive job offers because they only allowed Windows machines for work. https://hazn.com/roon-on-historic-times https://hazn.com/roon-on-historic-times Thu, 07 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 the thing about living through history is, they don’t prepare you for how cringe it’ll all be https://hazn.com/smoking https://hazn.com/smoking Sun, 03 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 You take a hit, you focus on your breath, you let your mind run, the coffee tastes better, the cigarette burns up your throat in just the perfect way. https://hazn.com/office-zen https://hazn.com/office-zen Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Zen's minimalist aesthetic is timeless. https://hazn.com/jensen-on-losers-mindset https://hazn.com/jensen-on-losers-mindset Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 The premise that even if we competed in China, that we're going to lose that market anyways… You're not talking to somebody who woke up a loser. https://hazn.com/cold-hearts https://hazn.com/cold-hearts Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Or: What do you do, spiritually, with a psychopath roommate? https://hazn.com/one-step-at-a-time https://hazn.com/one-step-at-a-time Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 I just ran a marathon without real training. https://hazn.com/jane-austen-on-dancing https://hazn.com/jane-austen-on-dancing Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love https://hazn.com/always-be-moving https://hazn.com/always-be-moving Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 My trick for getting out of the bed is to keep moving. 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Simple comes from simplex. The opposite of complex. 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I implemented a very fast NLP symbolic parser, for which the team I worked... https://hazn.com/getting-used-to-it https://hazn.com/getting-used-to-it Thu, 06 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Don't like it, but it's useful enough to do it? Just get used to it. https://hazn.com/never-record-a-meeting https://hazn.com/never-record-a-meeting Thu, 06 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Always transcribe it by hand.