Omar Bohsali

Markets as levers, not mirrors

Their NAND is your upside.

Is this thinking or over-thinking?

Moore is faster than Darwin.

InfiniBand ping pong and thunderbolt roundtrips

Soon public DATABASE_URLs won't be a thing anymore.

Think twice before going camping.

If you're gonna go, go boldly.

Things I learned build a web3 infra company.

Well that's your opinion

Do you want this done correctly or quickly? Yes.

Where to fly the plane, or how to fly the plane?

Thinking about compute commodity futures markets.

Awkward until undeniable.

We only decorate words after they stop protecting us.

When you're making something for yourself, you don't need a users table

Fusing identity and work makes you protect your ego instead of improving your creation.

I think Credit Default Swaps and Assassination Markets are under-explored idea spaces.

Reposting this because the original page is down

Dante has nothing on this.

In a world with infinite opportunity, knowing what you're not is a superpower

Why sometimes "just don't quit" is the fastest path to failure.

Here's why "I want to make the world a better place" sounds good but only for 5 seconds.

Good intentions and continual short term thinking gets you stuck in the waiting place.

Identify as many risks as you can and then decide which you won't hedge.

Is there really a difference between overthinking and not thinking in the first place?

Is there a word for a builder who doesn't ship?

Where's the joke about the economist who's walking down the street

Reflections on going west and taking a chance.

Competition from other startups is usually just a distraction.

Be Direct. Have the Hard Conversation. Don't Waste Time.

I'm not talking about the one you use to write code.

Highlighting some key differences between South Carolina and /dev/null

Solving Define a ransackable_attributes class method in your ActiveStorage::Attachment

You keep spinning in circles until you realize you were already there.

High Yield Credit sounded so venerable.

The best version of your own story is the most interesting thing you can share with the world.

Taking something from an idea to actually shipped feels so good.

Nerd-sniping might be one of the best ways to learn something.

Center has raised an $11M seed round led by Thrive Capital and Founders Fund.

How to think about equity between co-founders.

Faster test suites lead to better smart contracts.

When the outrage mob comes knocking, Claude Shannon smiles down on you.

David Swensen and University Endowments.

Why flash loans are important.

The publishing platform that now hosts this site.

I'm joining Paradigm as an EIR for the next 6 months.

Web3.py HTTP and Websocket Providers for Amazon Managed Blockchain

Everybody knows feedback can be hard. Here's why.

Lightweight framework for running multistep workflows.

Ruby ledger engine I've been thinking about.

Maybe the actual reason is more prosaic than we thought.

Something I believe that not many others do.

You were saying something about.. best intentions?

Some things I think I've figured out.

Simple pattern for accessing views in Rails.

Why blockchain is exciting.

Jekyll Generator to split up collections.

A simple framework to be more productive with Redux and Typescript.

Guaranteed way to get better at writing code.

Why would someone make a clock with four hands?

What we still might need to figure out to pass the Turing Test.

Everything I learned about eng recruiting in 2018.

Fun with shorthand method signatures in Ruby.

A powerful construct to parse class Meta blocks.

Here's a small pandoc extension to convert Markdown to Slack formatting.

Difficult problems can be easy to solve if you catch them early enough.

I'm joining Coinbase as part of the Earn.com acquisition.

A quick shortcut to make a new post in Jekyll.

An interesting use case of a blockchain can be used in a business.

We need a way for authors to share work without huge reputational risk.

Fun with SAT Solvers, SQL, and the NY Times Crossword.

Introducing a Python Package for handling business logic in web apps.

Reflecting on my time at the Recurse Center.

Assorted books / papers I've enjoyed reading over the past weeks.

We counter existential dread with optimistic nihilism.

My solution to one of Facebook's early engineering challenges.

How remapping Command+T on my mac helped me focus on what's important.

I'm joining the Recurse Center's Fall batch in New York City.

You might have heard the old joke about two hikers getting ready for a walk into the woods.

A few helpful design principles I've learned over the years.

You came in and gave us sugar cubes!

Learn about the stack we've used to deliver over $750M in investments.

A good reminder that we all use relatively similar tools.

A guide to tweaking one of the most popular databases.

Thinking about mobile apps that direct you to something better instead of reminding you what not to do.

We're working on much bigger failures right now. And I'm not kidding.

Three things I've been thinking about recently.

Room for Improvement.

I used to think these two things were the same.

If a person trained for a marathon but didn't write about it on the internet, did they ever train?

Chase, Chance, and Creativity: The Lucky Art of Novelty

It feels like the left and right hemispheres of my brain are becoming great waltz partners.

It's indeed possible to do incredible work while also iterating rapidly.

I'm joining LendingHome to work on the retail investing platform! Some thoughts on the decision and space.

Why I'm excited about chat interfaces

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Migrating Data to a Columnar Database

Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life

Better late than never: when the technical cofounder begins to understand the value of a non-technical cofounder.

As long as you remain in control of what you're doing, you'll be A-O-K.

That great feeling with python decorators start to make intuitive sense.

This seems interesting.

It took me a lot longer than I'd like to admit to figure this one out.

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Top-Down Metrics

Balancing "Make Something People Want" and "Scratch the Itch"

I am new.

If pure self–seeking is so pervasive, it’s because those who seek only for themselves imagine that they are the whole world.

"...self-deprecating humor, unpretentious demeanor, and unaggressive style in conversation"

Didn't rush for a frat, started a frat music website instead.

First, you must decide exactly what it is you want to accomplish. Most people never do that in their entire lives.

Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark