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https://chrisloy.dev/post/2017/11/19/how-to-interview-a-technical-cofounder
How to interview a technical co-founder | Chris Loy
A friend recently asked me for advice about how best to accomplish a tricky task. They were a non-technical co-founder of a startup, looking to bring on board...
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https://chrisloy.dev/post/2014/08/17/simple-json-library-1
Building a simple JSON library | Chris Loy
There are already [many][play-json] [good][rapture-json] [libraries][spray-json] [for][json4s] [handling][argonaut-json] [JSON][jackson-scala] in Scala.
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https://chrisloy.dev/post/2019/01/14/2018-my-year-in-books
2018: My year in books | Chris Loy
In 2018, I finally managed to make time for reading again. Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman --- One of those classics that has been recommended many...
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https://chrisloy.dev/post/2024/12/18/three-body-solution
The three body solution | Chris Loy
In physics, the [three-body problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-body_problem) describes the complex mechanics of three objects (for example - planets...
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https://chrisloy.dev/post/2014/01/01/2013-my-year-in-books
2013: My year in books | Chris Loy
At the start of 2013, I joined the website Goodreads and began using it to track my reading habits. I had estimated that in 2012 I completed less than ten...
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https://chrisloy.dev/post/2022/01/01/2021-my-year-in-books
2021: My year in books | Chris Loy
Another pandemic year. This time, 16 of the 34 books I read were written by women, a much better ratio than the previous year.
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https://chrisloy.dev/post/2025/12/30/the-rise-of-industrial-software?ref=DenseDiscovery-376
The rise of industrial software | Chris Loy
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https://chrisloy.dev/post/2023/11/10/software-engineering-mechanics
The mechanics of software engineering teams | Chris Loy
This article defines a few terms, borrowed wholly from Newtonian mechanics, to define a framework for thinking about how software engineering teams operate.
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https://chrisloy.dev/post/2024/12/08/constraints-and-innovation
Constraints and innovation | Chris Loy
Any technological endeavour will operate under a series of constraints. These constraints come in many forms, and understanding the existing, nature and extent...
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https://chrisloy.dev/post/2020/04/27/a-paradise-built-in-hell
A Paradise Built In Hell | Chris Loy
_Thoughts originally posted on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/chrisloy/status/1254756261381517312):_ I'm currently reading
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https://chrisloy.dev/post/2024/12/12/comfort-with-ambiguity
How to be comfortable with ambiguity | Chris Loy
Many job postings include a required skill for candidates to display “comfort with ambiguity”, a definition that itself can seem ambiguous alongside harder...
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https://chrisloy.dev/post/2023/03/19/ai-and-creativity
AI, creativity and human capabilities | Chris Loy
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has long been thought of as a tool for automation and optimization, with a focus on improving efficiency and productivity.
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https://chrisloy.dev/post/2025/09/28/the-ai-coding-trap
The AI coding trap | Chris Loy
If you ever watch someone “coding”, you might see them spending far more time staring into space than typing on their keyboard.
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https://chrisloy.dev/post/2021/08/08/first-impressions-op1
First impressions of the OP-1 | Chris Loy
I recently purchased a Teenage Engineering OP-1, a device whose exact function I find it difficult to describe in a single sentence.
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https://chrisloy.dev/post/2024/01/01/2023-my-year-in-books
2023: My year in books | Chris Loy
For the second time in this decade-long project, I managed to reach my goal of 50 books read in a single year.
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https://chrisloy.dev/post/2023/01/01/2022-my-year-in-books
2022: My year in books | Chris Loy
This was my 10th year of tracking my progress against my reading targets with reviews on this site. I completed a total of 38 books, slightly up on a yearly...
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https://chrisloy.dev/post/2024/09/07/model-collapse
Generative AI model collapse | Chris Loy
A [recent paper, published in Nature](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07566-y), explores a critical issue facing generative AI models, termed
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https://chrisloy.dev/post/2024/11/03/how-to-reduce-mass
How to reduce mass to aid acceleration | Chris Loy
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