Blog Posts - Page 20
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Local LLMs with Ollama: Quantisation choices that actually matter for code
A field-tested take on quantisation choices that actually matter for code with Local LLMs with Ollama: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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The Economics of Colonial Land Systems
Examine how colonial land distribution created durable inequality — the hacienda system, latifundia vs. minifundia, differences between settler and extraction colonies, and Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson's reversal of fortune argument about how extractive colonial institutions created persistent poverty.
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API Design from the User's Perspective, Not the Architect's
Learn to design APIs from the user's perspective rather than the architect's. This practical guide covers developer experience, intuitive naming, error.
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Agentic coding: Why short agent loops beat heroic ones
A field-tested take on why short agent loops beat heroic ones with Agentic coding: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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How the Scientific Revolution Changed Production
Examine the connection between the Scientific Revolution and economic production — the Baconian program, how thermodynamics and chemistry enabled industrial improvements, Joel Mokyr's Enlightenment culture of improvement argument, and what the science-technology-economy connection reveals about institutional prerequisites for sustained innovation.
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Developer Ergonomics: Setting Up Your Environment for Long Work Hours
Master developer ergonomics with this comprehensive guide to workspace setup. Learn about chair positioning, monitor height, keyboard placement, and the.
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MCP servers: Sandboxing MCP tool calls so one bad prompt cannot ruin a week
A field-tested take on sandboxing MCP tool calls so one bad prompt cannot ruin a week with MCP servers: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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The Economics of Medieval Urban Growth
Examine medieval European urban growth as an economic phenomenon — why towns grew after the year 1000, the economics of the medieval craft quarter, how town air made serfs free, the connection between commercial development and the middle class, and what medieval urbanization reveals about market development and social stratification.
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How to Build Your Own Micro-SaaS in a Weekend
Learn how to build and launch a micro-SaaS product in just one weekend. This practical guide covers idea validation, tech stack selection, MVP.
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AI coding workflows: Time-boxing agent loops before they eat the day
A field-tested take on time-boxing agent loops before they eat the day with AI coding workflows: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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How American Tariffs Built Industrial Capacity
Examine American tariff policy as industrial development strategy — Hamilton's Report on Manufactures, the Morrill Tariff, Henry Clay's American System, the infant industry argument's empirical track record, and what American tariff history reveals about when protectionism aids development versus merely protecting inefficiency.
