Archive - pnote

Simple lasts longer: making a map stateful using scotch tape and Web Storage API

🗺️ Too many invaders to keep track of; I really don't want to run another database; Web Storage to the rescue

Jan 7, 2024 • Przemek

🍀 The science and the comedy of luck

Mar 24, 2024 • Przemek

The search for tiles

🗺️ Adventures in mapmaking with Stamen Toner, OSM and the German Federal Agency for Cartography

Jul 7, 2024 • Przemek

Read fewer books, feel better about it

📚 New Year resolutions, Goodreads and dopamine, a French blueprint for not being a dictator over yourself

Dec 31, 2023 • Przemek

Paint it black: mapping Space Invader mosaics in Paris

🗺️ "I solemnly swear that I'm up to no good"

Nov 12, 2023 • Przemek

12 years at Google

📝 The golden age of Google as I’ll remember it; and what may lie beyond it

Feb 9, 2025 • Przemek

Seeing like a neural network: chihuahua or blueberry muffin

Blueberries and eyes, 300 million neurons, 3x3 masks are all you need

Feb 4, 2024 • Przemek

How to give feedback

🎤 A 2-minute masterclass in feedback at a Parisian comedy club

Nov 3, 2024 • Przemek

One year of writing every week

🥳 The pnote newsletter is now 1 year old! Time for lessons learned

May 26, 2024 • Przemek

We need a better copy-paste for the LLM era

🖼️ The system clipboard contains multitudes

Jul 28, 2024 • Przemek

Hash Code: AI from DeepMind beats top human programmers

🏆 A "Deep Blue" moment for competitive programming?

Dec 8, 2024 • Przemek

Feeling overwhelmed

💫 My feeling of overwhelm is not about having too many things to do. It's about not seeing a clear way out of the chaos.

Oct 6, 2024 • Przemek

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