Collection
The Best Books
Every book I remember reading as an adult, ranked from S-tier to F-tier.
Tier Rankings→
Writing
Long-form essays and notes on crypto, tech, finance, and music.
Real-World Crypto
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How I Stopped Worrying (Learning) and Learned to Love the Bomb (AI)
A short essay on giving in to AI — what I lost, what I gained, and the workflow I quietly settled into.
Clarity
A read-only finance dashboard that unifies banks, brokerages, exchanges, and wallets into one view.
Music
Built because DistroKid made me lose my hair
Docpull
Lightweight Python scraper for agents. 5,000+ downloads on PyPI.
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How I Stopped Worrying (Learning) and Learned to Love the Bomb (AI)
A short essay on giving in to AI — what I lost, what I gained, and the workflow I quietly settled into.
Clarity
A read-only finance dashboard that unifies banks, brokerages, exchanges, and wallets into one view.
Music
Built because DistroKid made me lose my hair
Docpull
Lightweight Python scraper for agents. 5,000+ downloads on PyPI.
Crypto-Repos
Developer activity doesn't lie
Digital Gold
Why gold is valuable tells you why Bitcoin might be
Kernel Access
You've already agreed to give more software kernel access than your antivirus
Blue Screen of Death
8.5 million computers crashed. I was stuck in an airport. So I started thinking about kernels.
Search Engine Turbulence
Google invented transformers. Now they might lose search because of them.
The Decentralized Dillemma
The technology works. The on-ramps don't.
Unbanked to Bankless
From excluded by banks to independent of them
A Bird's Eye View
$347 billion in bank fines since 2000. There's an alternative.
The Web
From static pages to platform monopolies to the ownership question underneath Web3.
Blockchains in Africa
When 96% of citizens can't access the solution
Easy Money and Veblen Goods
When higher prices create more demand
Self Custody
What self custody actually means, how it works, and why the tradeoffs matter.
Derivatives vs Spot
When the side bets move the main game
Liquidity Pools
How a simple formula replaced Wall Street's market makers
Blockchain Foundations
Ledgers governed by math, not institutions
Permissionless Systems
What changes when you stop asking for approval
DeFi Essentials
The building blocks of permissionless finance
NounsDAO
One noun per day, forever
Writing
Long-form essays and notes on crypto, tech, finance, and music.
Real-World Crypto
3 part series
Blockchains in Africa
When 96% of citizens can't access the solution
Crypto
3 min readMay 22, 2022→
Unbanked to Bankless
From excluded by banks to independent of them
Crypto
3 min readOct 28, 2022→
The Decentralized Dillemma
The technology works. The on-ramps don't.
Crypto
3 min readJan 8, 2023→
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A short essay on giving in to AI — what I lost, what I gained, and the workflow I quietly settled into.
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Clarity
A read-only finance dashboard that unifies banks, brokerages, exchanges, and wallets into one view.
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Music
Built because DistroKid made me lose my hair
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Docpull
Lightweight Python scraper for agents. 5,000+ downloads on PyPI.
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How I Stopped Worrying (Learning) and Learned to Love the Bomb (AI)
A short essay on giving in to AI — what I lost, what I gained, and the workflow I quietly settled into.
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4 min readApr 27, 2026→
Clarity
A read-only finance dashboard that unifies banks, brokerages, exchanges, and wallets into one view.
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3 min readMar 3, 2026→
Music
Built because DistroKid made me lose my hair
StreamingShelbyAptos
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Docpull
Lightweight Python scraper for agents. 5,000+ downloads on PyPI.
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Crypto-Repos
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Digital Gold
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Kernel Access
You've already agreed to give more software kernel access than your antivirus
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Blue Screen of Death
8.5 million computers crashed. I was stuck in an airport. So I started thinking about kernels.
Computing
2 min readJul 10, 2024→
Search Engine Turbulence
Google invented transformers. Now they might lose search because of them.
AI
3 min readMar 10, 2023→
The Decentralized Dillemma
The technology works. The on-ramps don't.
Crypto
3 min readJan 8, 2023→
Unbanked to Bankless
From excluded by banks to independent of them
Crypto
3 min readOct 28, 2022→
A Bird's Eye View
$347 billion in bank fines since 2000. There's an alternative.
Crypto
2 min readOct 19, 2022→
The Web
From static pages to platform monopolies to the ownership question underneath Web3.
WebInternet
5 min readSep 1, 2022→
Blockchains in Africa
When 96% of citizens can't access the solution
Crypto
3 min readMay 22, 2022→
Easy Money and Veblen Goods
When higher prices create more demand
Crypto
1 min readApr 8, 2022→
Self Custody
What self custody actually means, how it works, and why the tradeoffs matter.
CryptoSecurityWallets
5 min readMar 10, 2022→
Derivatives vs Spot
When the side bets move the main game
Trading
2 min readMar 2, 2022→
Liquidity Pools
How a simple formula replaced Wall Street's market makers
Crypto
7 min readJan 14, 2022→
Blockchain Foundations
Ledgers governed by math, not institutions
Crypto
3 min readJan 9, 2022→
Permissionless Systems
What changes when you stop asking for approval
Crypto
3 min readOct 27, 2021→
DeFi Essentials
The building blocks of permissionless finance
Crypto
3 min readOct 2, 2021→
NounsDAO
One noun per day, forever
Crypto
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