Essays, notes, and longer pieces. Some also on Substack.
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The claim that a culture is 'incompatible with modernity' almost always serves a political agenda—either to justify subordination from outside or to protect elite power from within. The honest question is harder: what gets traded for what, who decides, and under what conditions.
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Judgement can improve, but only when we stop treating it as one fixed-or-growable trait and focus on what actually moves the needle: calibration, feedback, and structure—while being honest about limits.
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A step-by-step guide to turning written ideas into professional podcast episodes—no microphone required. From script to AI voice to export.
7 min read
Why the AI age rewards first-principles builders—not software specialists
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How to transform short story ideas, educational concepts, or speculative scenarios into cinematic trailers using AI tools—no filmmaking experience required.
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Your portfolio company just raised at a higher price. CapStack GP: single-file cap table and exit waterfall tool for GPs—offline, private, no backend.
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Quick deck builder for busy startup and small business operators. Guided form, AI-generated 14-slide pitch deck, shareable link, export to PDF or Gamma.
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A tool that scores listings by your priorities—schools, commute, value, community—so you can decide with your head and your gut. RAAM at raam.homes.
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History, Non-Stop: same addictive scroll as social feeds, but they're learning. Bite-sized history, verified facts, global timeline—free, no ads.
2 min read
Deterministic waterfall calculations, capital calls, LP reporting, and compliance—powered by a math engine and AI judgment. Fund data never leaves your machine.
3 min read
Model every exit scenario before the term sheet—cap table mechanics, exit waterfalls, ownership dilution, and fund-level MOIC. No account, data stays in your browser, institutional-grade defaults.
4 min read
AI-native LP reporting with full citation provenance and two GP approval gates. Portfolio data in, draft in your voice—nothing reaches LPs without your sign-off.
1 min read
Joker (ჯოკერი) is a trick-taking game with exact bidding and wild Jokers. I built jokeri.site to learn by playing—AI opponents, English and Georgian, no signup.
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A free, no-login math app I use with an elementary student—grade-level topics, adaptive difficulty, and practice that actually progresses. Link and why it works.
17 min read
Building software for fun has never been cheaper, faster, or more accessible. Facts, timelines, and cost data to ground a long-form post about coding as a hobby.
1 min read
What does it actually mean to know when to go? On reading the signals, sunk cost, and the courage to leave before it's obvious.
9 min read
The quality of your life is determined by the quality of the questions you ask yourself. Not the answers. How to reframe decisions, from McDonald's milkshakes to parenting.
8 min read
Focus used to be easy. Now it's a skill. What 'hard work' and sustained attention actually mean when the world is engineered to fragment us—and how to help kids build the skill of choosing depth.
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As machines get better at thinking, the market is betting big on the things that require a body, a reputation, and a pulse.
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What happens when the skills we've been drilling into our kids for 150 years become the exact things machines do best? On education, adaptation, and the new leverage.
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I was born and raised in the United States, but my family now includes many members born and raised in Georgia. On updating the maps we carry.
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I built Ante Social because every learning app I tried became another source of distraction. On building for focus instead of engagement.