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      <title><![CDATA[How to run two Grok Build accounts on your Mac]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Use separate GROK_HOME dirs so personal and work Grok Build do not share auth.json.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Intercom became the thing it spent 15 years fighting]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Salesforce is buying Fin, formerly Intercom, for $3.6 billion. A reflection on what an acquisition like this actually changes, and why I keep choosing the slower road.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Limit your options and do them well]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A core value I live by, borrowed from Jack Dorsey: go vertical, do fewer things, and give them everything.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[There is no single mold for a founder]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I built a small tool to find your founder archetype, inspired by David Senra and Daniel Ek. Here is the idea behind it.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bulk Delete Archived Claude Code Sessions]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[There is no bulk delete for archived sessions on Claude Code. Here is a quick console script to clear them all.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[We don't fall for Twitter hype]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 04:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[How we filter signal from noise when every week brings a new AI tool that's supposed to change everything.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[My Claude Code Setup]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 04:03:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[How I turned Claude Code into an always-on engineering copilot with plugins, Telegram, 35 skills, and a custom status line.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[How to fix "unknown @ rule errors" on Zed when using Tailwind v4]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 09:06:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[There is a simple trick to not show the unknown @ rule errors warnings on CSS files using @apply or other @ properties.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[What's the point of working so hard]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[My take on people thinking that working hard shouldn't be a thing.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[My weaknesses]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[List of weaknesses I had written over the years.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Superpowers]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 08:35:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Internal reflections and an analysis of my superpowers.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lessons from My First LEGO Set]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 19:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[From building my first LEGO set to reflecting on my purpose, it was a weird experience.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Stimulation under control]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 10:50:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A new rule has been put in place for myself. No phone access after 10:30pm, and no phone access before 10:00am.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nilay Patel from The Verge on traffic sources]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I completely agree with what Nilay is saying. The age of SEO and inbound leads via third-party traffic sources are over.]]></description>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[Shortage of ideas? Well, no.]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 09:33:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Thoughts on the working on new ideas impulsively, and how to handle your impulse.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[[Email] Self-worth & standards]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 15:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A reflection on building self-worth through developing and maintaining high standards in life and work.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Formula 1 and DTS Fans]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[My thoughts on people who started watching F1 after Drive to Survive on Netflix.]]></description>
      
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      <title><![CDATA[[Email] Reason for zero progress]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2025 20:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A powerful reminder about taking personal responsibility and making a difference today rather than relying on historical achievements.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[[Email] Skcript in the next 100 years]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2025 18:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A personal reflection on Skcript's future vision - creating a concentration of the world's greatest minds in a space that matches Apple's mothership campus.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[[Email] People's perspective of leadership]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A deep dive into the true essence of leadership, moving beyond command-and-control to focus on empathy, self-reflection, and empowering others.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[My newfound hope for racing]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 09:33:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Racing is not in my blood. I am not from a place where people are born racers. But racing is my distant dream. This is about my newfound hope for racing in the future.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[[Email] Meaning x easy]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 12:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A powerful reflection on the relationship between meaning and difficulty, and the unwavering determination to achieve one's dreams.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[[Email] Getting there]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 11:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A powerful reminder to keep pushing forward, using others' doubt as fuel to prove them wrong and achieve what they said was impossible.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[[Email] Size of dreams]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 11:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A reflection on how dreams should always exceed our current abilities, driving continuous learning and pushing us to grow beyond our perceived limits.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[[Email] People and their dreams]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A reflection on the nature of dreams, self-respect, and the collaborative effort required to achieve them.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Making Zed behave like Cursor]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[You can now configure Zed to behave like Cursor, with an option to enable inline diffs.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[AI + Chat UI = Plan English Programming]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Thoughts on Plan English Programming, and how to go about it in the future.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Thedal: the art of seeking]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Thedal is a journey of seeking. It's a journey of seeking the best in you and the best in others.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fixing Astro site build on Cloudflare Pages with Bun]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[You might be facing issues deploying your Astro website on Cloudflare Pages using Bun. Here is a solution for you.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[7 things we've learned in 10 years of Skcript]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2024 09:33:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[We've been around for 10 years now. Here are 7 things we've learned in the last decade.]]></description>
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