Hello!
I’m Chris Krycho — a follower of Christ, a husband, and a dad. I’m a software engineer by trade; a theologian by vocation; and a writer, runner, composer, and erstwhile podcaster by hobby.
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The Leica Q2 (December 28, 2022)
Mulling on a remarkable camera (that isn’t for me).
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cold (2) (December 22, 2022)
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The Great Unmooring↩︎ — ❈ (September 22, 2022)
At Mere O, on Richard Sennett’s The Corrosion of Character and Warzel and Petersen’s Out of Office, on work.
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Revealed and Stated Preferences (July 7, 2021)
On Ben Thompson’s weekly article on Instagram, Facebook, algorithmic feeds in general — and how economic analysis of behavior ranges from insufficient to awful.
The Latest
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❡ Length: An Observation (March 18, 2023)
Blog posts, like essays (published online or in magazines) tend (I think!) to differ from books in just how long they let their paragraphs run.
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People, Strategy, Execution (February 12, 2023)
A few choice quotes from Phil Rozenweig’s The Halo Effect.
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old truck (January 1, 2023)
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The Leica Q2 (December 28, 2022)
Mulling on a remarkable camera (that isn’t for me).
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Wacky Tricks We Use in Publishing TypeScript Types (for Ember.js)↩︎ — ❈ (December 16, 2022)
A walkthrough of the shenanigans we have to do to make TypeScript understand how to import
@emberpackages fromember-source.
In Progress
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Feeds are Not Fit for Gardening (January 13, 2023; updated January 22, 2023)
— at least, in their current instantiations with RSS, Atom, JSON Feed, etc.
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Product Idea: Meal Tracking for Athletes (January 8, 2023; updated January 11, 2023)
All of the existing tools need broader design vocabularies.
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Fanfare for a New Era of American Spaceflight ↩︎ — ❈ (July 18, 2021; updated July 20, 2021)
You can now search for my name in Spotify, Apple Music, etc., and you will find there: orchestra music!
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Motel Guest’s Only (April 3, 2021; updated April 6, 2021)
New Mexico Vacation, Day 1: An overflow lot in Las Vegas, New Mexico
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A path away from Kant? (January 25, 2021; updated January 26, 2021)
Koyzis’ provocative thesis on authority and liberty.
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Private Chat and DMs Are Good, Actually (November 30, 2020; updated December 27, 2020)
Don’t forget the lessons of physical offices when thinking about chat.