Hello! I'm Taylor
I write about learning, time, design, software, ideas, and humor.
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Selected Projects
| scrapscript | the sharable programming language |
| scrapsheets | fun spreadsheets |
| blogs.hn | directory of small blogs |
| potato.cheap | home of the "cheap" web |
| flashcasts | private audio flashcard podcasts |
| ding | minimalist forum |
| WorstPress | the world's worst website builder |
Appearances
| UNSOUND '24 | Towards Rigorous Responsibility (in Distributed Systems) |
| LIVE '24 | Scrapsheets: Async Programs in a Reactive 2D Environments |
| Øredev '24 | How to Flatpack Programs |
| Book of Joe | Meet Taylor Troesh |
| Changelog & | #define: piggyback |
| !!Con '24 | Bang! Bang! He Murdered Math! |
| DDD Europe '24 | Timeless Way of Software |
| POSETTE '24 | How/Why to Sweep Async Tasks… |
| Elm Town | The Great Wall of Code |
| Changelog & | #define: game theory, dude |
| People & Blogs | Taylor Troesh |
| Hacker Stations | Taylor Troesh and his whimsical setup |
| Changelog & | #define: a game of fake definitions |
| The Changelog | Vibes from Strange Loop |
| The Changelog | Don't Make Things Worse! |
Selected Essays
- Living
- 10 Minutes is 1% of Your Day
- Time
- How I Eat
- Two Toucans Canoe
- Against the Advice of My Superintelligence
- "work hard, play hard"
- Paying Netflix $0.53/h, etc.
- Creation
- Things That Outlive Fancy Rats
- When to Build Millennia Sewers
- Pseudoprose
- Spoil Your Secret Sauce
- P**fectionism Isn't Your Problem
- why I didn’t play this harpsichord sooner
- Culture
- "Somebody Tranq That Child!"
- I'm a Coin Boy, Too
- much worse than kids stomping that pig's bladder
- Candid Culture
- Synthetic Intelligence
- Curiosity
- Seizing the Means of Re-Production
- The Toki Pona Baby Sign-Language Guide
- A Cyberpunk Bathroom in the Middle of Nowhere
- Foods for Straight Teeth & Easy Breathing