drud.is

Engineering for serendipity

Like many of us nerds, I’ve had my fair share of side projects. A couple have seen the light of day and had enough repercussion in their niche that I’ve met people and made long-lasting friendships. Literally 20 years!

The rest got buried in this too familiar cycle: incubate an idea, get it to 80%, realize that the remaining 20% is more like yet another 80%, then give up. The Pareto principle in full display. After giving up, guilt creeps in. It will hit again in one year when you are reminded to renew the domain you bought for it, sucker.

AI has put shipping within reach again. I’ve actually just shipped something new and I’m already seeing some of this serendipity happening. It’s such a joy. I want more of it.

Enough voices I trust keep insisting on the wonders of blogging (@vboykis, @simonw and @jeremyphoward). I figured starting a place to collect some random findings can only increase that serendipity that I enjoy so much. Let’s go.