Hello! I’m Taylor.
I write about learning, time, design, software, ideas, and humor.
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Recent Projects
flashcasts | private audio flashcard podcasts |
licensure | software license watcher |
potato.cheap | home of the “cheap” web |
WishWell | crappy patreon |
wigwams | directory of cool projects |
pseudoprose | pseudocode for writers |
chexs.io | play hexagonal chess online |
blogs.hn | directory of small blogs |
WorstPress | the world’s worst website builder |
scrapscript | the sharable programming language |
nowify | a CLI for staying on-task |
Outland | a tech meetup for outlandish ideas |
Dream Daddy | personal coaching |
LiveCount | a generalized thing-counter |
Appearances
- People & Blogs: Taylor Troesh
- Hacker Stations: Taylor Troesh and his whimsical setup
- Changelog & Friends #25: “#define: game theory, dude”
- Changelog & Friends #15: “#define: a game of fake definitions”
- Changelog #559: “Vibes from Strange Loop”
- Changelog #546: “Don’t Make Things Worse!”
Selected Essays
- How to be a -10x Engineer
- A Cyberpunk Bathroom in the Middle of Nowhere
- Things That Outlive Fancy Rats
- When to Build Millennia Sewers
- “Somebody Tranq That Child!”
- Paying Netflix $0.53/h, etc.
- I’m a Coin Boy, Too
- Time
- The Toki Pona Baby Sign-Language Guide
- Two Toucans Canoe
- why I didn’t play this harpsichord sooner
- I hereby pardon all junior engineers
- How/Why to Sweep Async Tasks Under a Postgres Table
- P**fectionism Isn’t Your Problem
- Synthetic Intelligence
- IKEA-Oriented Development
- Spoil Your Secret Sauce
- How I Eat
- Candid Culture
- much worse than kids stomping that pig’s bladder
- 10 Minutes is 1% of Your Day