Now

What I’m focusing on now. Inspired by Sivers, with a slight twist towards routine/focus.

• Computers
  • Proficient in Python (July 1st, 2022)
  • Napkin math
    • Minimizing TCP roundtrips for website performance (Jul 29, 2021)
    • Simulations (Sep 16, 2021)
    • Pre-fetcher with query merging
    • Return metadata with queries in MySQL
  • Data Science and Machine Learning Fundamentals
    • Bottom Up
      • Brilliant: Probability Fundamentals (Sep 3, 2021)
      • Brilliant: Applied Probability
      • Brilliant: Statistics Fundamentals
      • Brilliant: Introduction to Neural Networks
    • Top Down
      • Fast AI, Deep Learning for Coders
      • Fast AI, Deep Learning from Scratch
      • https://www.kaggle.com/learn
      • https://www.fast.ai/posts/part2-2022.html
      • https://www.getsphere.com/
      • https://chrisalbon.com/
  • Computer Science Depth
    • Read 10
    • CiDB
• Not Computers
  • Learning fishing, hunting, and shooting
  • Establish meditation habit
    • 100 sessions (Oct 6, 2022)
  • Learning basic home maintenance and improvement
    • Build and stain closet shelves
  • Endurance adventures (paddleboarding, biking, canoeing, backcountry camping)
    • 125K paddle (3 days, June 9-11 2020)
    • 150K single-speed bike ride + 50k paddle (2 days, Aug 26-27 2020)
• Routine/Habits
  • Review and create flash cards
  • Review article and book highlights
  • Read books, articles, and select recurring publications
  • Strength and conditioning, with some specific goals:
    • 5 Bar Muscle Up
      • Nov 27: Can do 1 reliably, but not 2
    • 5 Handstand Push-Ups
      • Nov 27: Can do 1 for the top set with the “triangle” form
    • 1min L-sit (by end of Feb, 2023)
      • Nov 27: At around 15-20s, but that’s after a lot of big, compound exercises
    • 405 Deadlift (by end of Feb, 2023)
      • Nov 29: 395x1 (basically there..)
    • 325 Back Squat (by end of Feb, 2023)
      • Dec 16: 330x1
    • 240 Bench Press (by end of Feb, 2023)
      • Dec 15: 225x2

• Ring Muscle Up (Nov 16)
  • 5 Ring Muscle Up (Apr 14th)
  • Bar Muscle Up (Jun 17th)
• 0.8x body-weight Snatch (~160lbs, this summer)
  • 1x body-weight Snatch (~200lbs, end of year)
• 1x body-weight Clean & Jerk (~200lbs, this summer)
  • 1.15x body-weight Clean & Jerk (~225lbs, end of year)
• 2000m for 7:30min (~1:50/500min pace, summer ‘21)
  • 2000m for 7:15min (lowest priority, 4-6 weeks)
• Handstand Walk
  • Freestanding Handstand Push-Up

Near Future

• Computers
  • More napkin math
  • Blockchain, build something on Ethereum
  • Implement a programming language 1 2
  • GPU programming 1 2 3 4 5
  • Write an OS 1
  • Something hardware?
  • Datalog 1
  • From scratch 1
  • Systems 1 2 3 4 5 6
  • Build computer 1
  • Reverse engineering/pentesting/hacking 1 2 3 4
  • Learn Zig
  • Frontend 1
• Not Computers
  • Improve swimming (Winter, e.g. this)
  • Brilliant course?
  • 80,000 hours content