I could unsubscribe

But will I? Will I? Will this be the time? This e-mail is okay. It's not great. It's not what I need, because it's describing steps I can't actually take right now, because I don't have the prerequisites. And even

"Upsell"

I don't trust anyone who unironically talks about "upselling" like it's a good thing. To me, upselling is that thing where the salesperson says, "hey, have you considered buying more? No? Well you should definitely buy more." No, I don't

What does "earning trust" look like?

Thinking about The Tiny MBA and specifically the bits about earning trust. How does one actually earn trust as a writer, programmer, etc.? What does that look like more concrete? Some ideas: 1. Say "I will do X" and then do X, where X is helpful. Example: "

Why people use e-mailing services

I always wondered why for example CodaLab and Ghost don't send e-mail directly. E-mail, SMTP, isn't a complicated protocol as I understand it. You've got some plain text and a simple way of sending it on top of TCP, what's to understand?

Learn deep vs. learn wide

Noting two aesthetics: Learn deep vs. learn wide. The first values depth of learning, the second breadth. In the first aesthetic, one aspires to be the wise wizard who has studied half the library. The wizard knows more about magic than you will ever know. They know the right spell