Essays + Reading2026

Writing &
Reading.

Essays

Short, considered pieces on AI, software, investing, and endurance. Writing is how I think.

/01 What endurance training taught me about building software Endurance · Software Soon ↗
/02 Notes on compounding: how to think in decades Investing · Mindset Soon ↗
/03 Building with AI: the shift from tool to collaborator AI · Product Soon ↗

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Books that stuck. Updated as I go.

Currently Reading

Range

David Epstein

Why generalists thrive in a specialized world. Basically a manifesto for the way I want to live.

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Charlie Munger

Mental models, latticework thinking, and the compounding of wisdom over a lifetime.

Favorites

Zero to One

Peter Thiel

Born to Run

Christopher McDougall

Can't Hurt Me

David Goggins

The Art of Learning

Josh Waitzkin

The Intelligent Investor

Benjamin Graham

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Haruki Murakami

Deep Work

Cal Newport

Almanack of Naval Ravikant

Eric Jorgenson

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Ben Horowitz

Atomic Habits

James Clear

On Deck