Crypto Let’s save the Pickle from wilting This article discusses the current trajectory of the Pickle project, after its announced collaboration with Yearn, and my encouragement to preserve Pickle as a product, to the extent possible.
Society Understanding the fundamentals This is the story of the RF engineering course I took at university, that first taught me the importance of understanding things from first principles.
Crypto Diary of a DeFi launch This article documents my getting into DeFi, and participating in the launch of mStable’s MTA auction. It’s written in “Tweet Storm” format, since that seems to be the trend.
Society COVID-19 Cheatsheet Having participated in so many discussions on social media about COVID-19, I wanted to collect my thoughts into a concise post I can refer people to.
Crypto Earning contango premium with Bitcoin futures A description of Bitcoin futures basis trading, including how to earn the contango premium.
Crypto Introduction to Bitcoin futures and daily settlement An introduction to Bitcoin futures, and the concept of daily settlement.
Macro The Unfolding—Anatomy of a pandemic financial crisis In one of the best videos I've seen on the Real Vision network, Raoul Pal outlines the macro events around COVID-19, which I summarize here.
Investing Lifecycle Investing In an age in which the responsibility for providing for one’s financial needs during retirement mostly lies on the individual, this article takes a look at lifetime asset allocation.
Technology A Two-Context Approach to GTD with OmniFocus Having forever tinkered with productivity approaches, I finally designed a simple, two-context approach to GTD that I’ve stuck with for almost a decade.
Macro The Big Short—A brief summary of the 2008 financial collapse A summary of Michael Lewis's fabulous book, The Big Short.