2025-12-19

Alembic Migrations with SQLModel Micro-Tutorial

"I have a database whose schema doesn't match my SQLModel models. I need to migrate this. I want to use alembic's – auto...

3 min

2025-12-05

136 Days of Unemployment

I keep a Google Doc titled "Notes". I look at it every day. I feel guilty whenever I look at it. I feel guilty because ...

2 min

2025-10-23

What I See Coming in LLM Reinforcement Learning

RL for LLMs is going to be a relevant and durable process for AI development so long as we don't have AGI. Reinforcemen...

5 min

2025-09-19

One Month Out

Here I am – standing in the same place as yesterday. I see how everything has changed right under my feet. These are so...

3 min

2025-09-01

Two Weeks of Unemployment

Previous I'm writing this post in an 84º AirBnB in Los Angeles. I've finished Moravagine (learned many new words). I'm...

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2025-08-25

One Week of Unemployment

After four years, I've left Google. I accepted a voluntary layoff and my access was revoked at 5pm, Tuesday Aug. 19th 20...

1 min

2025-05-20

Thorne Wolfenbarger Statement of Beliefs

My name is Thorne Wolfenbarger. I am an idealist. I believe in many things. I believe in the pursuit of knowledge and t...

1 min

2025-05-16

There is No Truth and There Will Never Be Truth

Words are words like your hands are hands. You change the world with either but only hold words to a superior moral stan...

2 min

2025-05-05

Running Ads for lifestyle.photo for one day

I've made a lot of side projects over the years. I am a grown man now and have to admit that the reason that none of the...

2 min

2025-02-24

Weight Cycling

Placing alternating weights on the chest, chiefly known as Weight Cycling, is an effective method of communication while...

2 min

2025-02-11

[Unfinished] Regret Minimization as a Life Policy

How do you live an aesthetic/good/satisfying life? You can prioritize optionality, control, or a plethora of other metri...

5 min

2025-01-12

Why Capitalism is Abuse... Wait

Capitalism is an economic system that largely dictates the structure of a society built around it. If a society is "idea...

4 min

2025-01-02

What is my Pre-Reading?

Pre-reading is a useful activity before attending a lecture to make sure you get the most out of the delivered content. ...

7 min

2025-01-02

2024 In Review

Follow up on "2023: Reflections and Looking Forward". This is the year I became a reader, writer, poet, and meditator o...

3 min

2024-12-31

Python + UV + TailwindCSS Dockerfile | Jan 1, 2025

FROM python:3.12-slim-bookworm COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /uvx /bin/ # Copy the project into the image ...

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