Impeccable
Useful when a page needs taste, hierarchy, and restraint checked before it ships.
Software that makes the working day sharper.Stack
Objects, tools, defaults.
Work software, desk objects, recovery loops, travel defaults, and small routines I keep returning to.
Library
Books, films, and shows with a little gravity.
A media shelf inside the stack: references, taste markers, and things worth revisiting.
Books 05
01 02 03 04 05
2023
Scaling People
Claire Hughes Johnson A practical operating manual for hiring, feedback, meetings, and the systems that let teams keep pace.1990
Barbarians at the Gate
Bryan Burrough and John Helyar Deal theater, incentives, ego, and capital structure told with enough texture to stay useful.2005
Poor Charlie's Almanack
Charles T. Munger A compounding manual disguised as speeches and mental models.2011
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson A useful, imperfect study of taste, intensity, product judgment, and the cost of bending reality.2020
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering
Richard W. Hamming A clear push toward better questions, deeper work, and choosing problems that can compound. Movies 05
2008 / Christopher Nolan
The Dark Knight
A near-perfect machine: pressure, tradeoffs, escalation, and the feeling of a city becoming a system.2010 / David Fincher
The Social Network
Founders, status, momentum, and the cost of wanting the machine to move faster.1990 / Chris Columbus
Home Alone
Comfort movie, but also a tiny masterpiece of place, timing, and physical comedy.2010 / Christopher Nolan
Inception
Architecture, memory, teams, and layered rules built into a very rewatchable puzzle.2002 / Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
Lilo & Stitch
Warm, strange, and sharper than it looks: family, misfit energy, and actual visual personality. TV shows 05
2008 / Vince Gilligan
Breaking Bad
A clean escalation study: choices, consequences, and the slow conversion of competence into damage.2007 / Matthew Weiner
Mad Men
Taste, status, reinvention, and the quiet violence of people selling stories to themselves.2025 / Vince Gilligan
Pluribus
A newer signal: strange premise, precise world-building, and the kind of show that rewards close watching.2018 / Jesse Armstrong
Succession
Capital, family systems, language games, and the comedy of people mistaking proximity for power.2002 / David Simon
The Wire
Institutions, incentives, language, and systems failure with almost no wasted motion. In rotation
Claude
Useful as a patient second brain when the task needs structure before speed.
Software that makes the working day sharper. In rotation
Ghostty
A terminal should feel quiet, immediate, and solid enough to disappear.
Software that makes the working day sharper. In rotation
Granola
Good notes should preserve judgment and next steps without turning every meeting into admin.
Software that makes the working day sharper. In rotation
Superhuman
Email is better when it feels like command line work: quick, searchable, and out of the way.
Software that makes the working day sharper.WhatRuns
A small curiosity tool for understanding how good products are actually built.
Software that makes the working day sharper. In rotation
Aeron Chair
A work chair is one of the few desk objects where boring reliability is the point.
Objects that make the work surface calmer. In rotation
MacBook Pro 14-inch
The default machine for building, writing, and keeping a lot of small work in motion.
Objects that make the work surface calmer.MagGo 3-in-1 Charger
One charging object is cleaner than three small compromises.
Objects that make the work surface calmer.MX Master 3S
Good for long work sessions because the object feels precise without asking for attention.
Objects that make the work surface calmer. In rotation
Eight Sleep Mattress Pad
Useful when sleep quality is treated like a system instead of a vague intention.
Sleep and recovery defaults that do their job quietly.Hue Smart Lighting
The room feels better when light can move with the day instead of staying one fixed temperature.
Sleep and recovery defaults that do their job quietly. In rotation
Vitamin C Serum
A simple repeatable step that earns its place by staying easy.
Simple repeatable grooming, nothing precious.TheraFace Pro
A more structured version of a routine that otherwise becomes easy to skip.
Simple repeatable grooming, nothing precious. In rotation
Monos Luggage
Clean, sturdy, and easy to use without turning travel into gear theater.
Defaults for moving light and staying organized. In rotation
Superpower Blood Tests
Turns health from sporadic appointments into something closer to a dashboard.
Signals, supplements, and recovery loops that stay practical.Supplement Stack
Kept as ingredients for now: useful, low-drama, and easier to evaluate when the routine stays consistent.
Signals, supplements, and recovery loops that stay practical. In rotation
Air Crispi Pro
A practical kitchen object for fast food that still feels like food.
Small rituals that make the day repeatable.Boulder Canyon Chips
A pantry staple with enough crunch and restraint to justify the repeat.
Small rituals that make the day repeatable. In rotation
Buck Mason
Easy pieces when the goal is to look put together without looking arranged.
Easy defaults for getting dressed without thinking too much.Lululemon
Works when a day moves between gym, errands, and desk without a full costume change.
Easy defaults for getting dressed without thinking too much.Mack Weldon
The useful layer of the wardrobe: not the point, but missed immediately when wrong.
Easy defaults for getting dressed without thinking too much.Marine Layer
Comfortable defaults for weekends, travel days, and anything that should not feel overbuilt.
Easy defaults for getting dressed without thinking too much.Polo Ralph Lauren
A familiar reference point when the outfit wants a little structure without becoming formal.
Easy defaults for getting dressed without thinking too much.Vuori
Clean enough to wear out, comfortable enough to forget about.
Easy defaults for getting dressed without thinking too much.