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System Design Cheatsheet & Metaprompt for AI-Assisted Software Development

A universal framework and AI metaprompt for building applications from idea to scale. Includes cheatsheets, interview processes, and architecture blueprints for AI-assisted development.

10/14/2025

📖 20 min read

How to migrate large projects with AI without context rot

Teaching AI coding assistants about giant projects without hitting context limits. Reframing from a prompt problem to a knowledge encapsulation problem through declarative contracts.

10/12/2025

📖 4 min read

Status as economic catalyst

How social status functions as a chemical catalyst in economics by reducing verification costs. Understanding when the pursuit of status creates value versus when it becomes wasteful.

10/10/2025

📖 4 min read

Rituals seems unavoidable

Why we dedicate 30-40% of our resources to seemingly wasteful rituals. Examining the 'belief tax' as the price we pay for trust, leveraged action, and filtering mechanism for ideas.

9/15/2025

📖 11 min read

No one cares about you (nor should you care about them)

Why 0.01% of creators get 99.9% of views, why chasing attention is a noob trap, and why blogs outlast tweets. Stop chasing audiences and build something good enough.

9/14/2025

📖 8 min read

I got 12M views, then got permabanned

Deplatformed by Linkedin after 12M views and 10 years of building.

9/3/2025

📖 2 min read

Why every country is broke AF

It's real estate. Examining the accounting gimmick of the century: how houses became the only capital good exempted from depreciation, creating budget holes that require infinite money printing.

5/30/2025

📖 4 min read

Why is soft drink cheaper than water?

Challenging the 'marketing' theory. Could carbonated drinks actually be cheaper due to distribution efficiency? Exploring how pressurized containers might explain the price paradox.

4/27/2025

📖 2 min read

Post Gen Z can't retire until this changes

Why working harder and paying more taxes won't make you rich. Examining wealth inequality, lack of opportunities, and future senior poverty through the lens of invisible social parasites.

4/12/2025

📖 7 min read

AI prompt I use for trauma dump

A GPT prompt for uncovering the masks you're wearing and the stories you're telling yourself. Use at your own risk - tough love is welcome.

3/17/2025

📖 1 min read

We can't all get rich off compound interest

Exposing the illusion of financial freedom through passive income. The system only works if the working class continues to toil, and we can't all be on the receiving end of compound interest.

3/10/2025

📖 13 min read

When not to negotiate

Understanding the difference between limited and unlimited objectives. Recognizing when negotiation is futile and when your opponent simply wants more, not resolution.

3/4/2025

📖 10 min read

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