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Your filesystem is lying to you.
I broke ext4 on purpose to see what actually happens when the power goes out.
New post: faraazahmad.github.io/blog/p…
One happy consequence of LLMs is being able to realise my creative ideas in CSS
Your filesystem is lying to you.
I broke ext4 on purpose to see what actually happens when the power goes out.
New post: faraazahmad.github.io/blog/p…
Faraaz Ahmad retweeted
brain so fried reading slop all day I need classic literature before bed to feel something
Most products don't die because the product is bad.
They die because nobody figures out marketing.
We've been analyzing our marketing data with Sequel and the insights have been kind of insane.
Looking for a few founders to try it on their own data.
DMs open. 🙌
Reinvent the wheel.
Don’t get discouraged if the thing you are trying to build exists in some shape or form. Simply avoid googling or seeing how it is built.
Because when you do so, you snap into the other person thought process and abandon yours. You run into problems that they were trying to solve which you may have never need to solve for your use case.
I often see some engineers especially seniors when they are told of an idea by their subordinates they quickly say “oh its been done before” or “oh look this github repo up its all there”
Do you have a slightest idea what this does to creativity?
And even if you decide to still go on with your project and get “ideas” from that other project, your thoughts are contaminated, you will produce a clone product.
Where is the fun in that?
Don’t even say “Im going to make it better” because that means you are starting where they left off.
Don’t say you are saving time, because you will be cutting corners and getting it over with. Like a chore wishing it to be finished. Where is the Art in that?
There is a saying in Arabic “to break one’s paddles.”
Don’t kill the excitement and spark you have over that, you have absolutely no idea what it will amount to.
Build it only to build it so you are lost while building it.
Faraaz Ahmad retweeted
Today on the blog, we discuss a pathway for the second life of phones through the exploration of “phone cluster computing”, which can directly reduce the environmental footprint of computing by avoiding the need for further raw material extraction. More →goo.gle/4aJe5vO
Pulls SEC filings, quarterly earnings reports, latest news, direct and indirect competitors, geopolitical news, and forms an informed opinion.
Faraaz Ahmad retweeted
Just tucked in my shirt on the tube to pay my respects 🥀
Dear football,
Today, I want to share with you that this season will be my last as a professional footballer. After so many years living my dream, I feel it’s time to start a new chapter in my life.
Being honest, even though I have been preparing myself for this moment, I found it hard to write this letter. After 20 seasons , many people have played an important role in my career.
When I first kicked a ball as a child in Pamplona with my schoolmates, I never imagined the amazing journey ahead. I’m grateful for every moment: the wins, the tough losses, the challenges, and most of all, the people I’ve met and the friendships I’ve made along the way.
To my teammates, coaches, and every staff member at all the clubs I’ve been lucky to be part of, thank you for helping me grow as a person and a player every day. Wearing the shirts of CA Osasuna, Olympique Marseille, Chelsea FC, Atlético de Madrid, Sevilla FC, and representing my country at the biggest stages has been a true privilege. Every moment has meant so much to me…
Faraaz Ahmad retweeted
100% hand coded a project for a couple of days and felt great, accomplished a lot and have a really awesome product at the end of it. super productive.
Vibe coded something today and have been endlessly more frustrated. Codex spinning up endless dev processes, ignoring specific instructions just writing shitty code in general.






















