Essays & notes

Writing

Occasional long-form pieces on quantitative finance, AI development, spirituality, and what forty years of building has taught me about uncertainty.

  1. The Bill Gross Email

    In 1997 I pioneered paid search results and got buried in hate mail. Then Bill Gross emailed me. I almost didn't know who he was.

    • infohiway
    • early web
    • paid search
    • history

  2. Why I Build

    Forty years of making tools. A few things I've learned about why I keep doing it — and what "building" actually means when the problems are this complex.

    • reflection
    • research
    • building