# Town Hall #8: Scaling

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Last week, plague entered my home like an unwelcome relative.

"It's been a while, Illness."

The fog lifts. I see mountains.

I'll be bicycling 545 miles this June! To support my ride, [donate $25 to fight HIV/AIDS](https://giving.aidslifecycle.org/participant/taylor).

[Outland](https://outland.sh) ambles ever closer!
We've secured [incredible speakers](https://outland.sh#schedule) this year.
Ask your boss to [buy your ticket](https://www.tickettailor.com/events/outland/858286) or [sponsor the event](https://outland.sh#sponsorship).

For the next 30 days, I'll be focusing on my business venture.
If I can't complete my MVP by May 1, I'll abandon the dream.
[Wish me luck!](mailto:hello@taylor.town)

The air is nice up here.

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## New Writings

- [How to be a -10x Engineer](/-10x)
- [Fire 50% Of Managers (At Random)](/thanos-management)
- [Winning the Goblin's Game](/goblin-game)

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## Recommendations

[^note]: _You may skip to [software](#software), [books](#books), [images](#images), [videos](#videos), [podcast episodes](#podcast-episodes), or [music](#music)._

[^note]: _You can also scour my entire history of [book reviews](/books), [album ratings](/music), and [active podcasts](/podcasts)._

### Software {software}

- [Apple Music Classical](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/03/apple-music-classical-is-here/) :: Classical music feels like a second-class citizen on most streaming services. The new app is gorgeous and seamlessly picked up my existing classical library.
- [Kill the Newsletter](https://kill-the-newsletter.com) :: A simple service to convert email newsletters into RSS feeds. It's free, so [consider donating](https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/LeandroFacchinetti).

### Books {books}

- ★★★★★ _A Confederacy of Dunces_ by John Kennedy Toole :: Nutty Professor meets Don Quixote meets Infinite Jest. A literary landmark ahead of its time.
- ★★☆☆☆ _Bridget Jones's Diary_ by Helen Fielding :: An endearing read about the difficulties of young adult life and womanhood in the modern era. Contains great tongue-in-cheek commentaries on health, feminism, egotism, and addiction.
- ★★☆☆☆ _Promise of Blood_ by Brian McClellan :: It's a charming adventure/fantasy story with good characters and cool magic -- nothing revolutionary.

### Images {images}

- ★ [yikes](/2jrct3obrypa1.jpg)
- [waist time](/6ia5zvhpfgqa1.jpg)
- [rare hollywood sign](/71ajxjy44ina1.jpg)
- [shoes off the counter](/obNnemB.jpg)
- [neil degrasse DIEson](/wb6hn3uucgqa1.jpg)
- [pantone typewriter](/i4gfclgtvnqa1.png)
- [it's called fashion](/EQtlSW6.jpg)

### Videos {videos}

- ★ [This Tiny Island has Insane Traffic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdz6FeQLuHQ&list=LL&index=11)
- ★ [Moebius-style 3D Rendering | Useless Game Dev](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlKNOirh66E&list=LL&index=3)
- ★ [Beyond Functional Programming: The Verse Programming Language (Simom Peyton Jones)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=832JF1o7Ck8&list=LL&index=30)
- [when christopher nolan makes a "small" movie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbnGb25daiw&list=LL&index=32&t=245s)
- [Dylan drops a literal Nuke](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX_pdOxW1Tg&list=LL&index=28)
- [God, please not Italy or Austria.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCQLL9QG9q0&list=LL&index=25)
- [The lower rungs on the economic ladder are gone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUYUzlRgt_Q&list=LL&index=17&t=1052s)
- [The Future is a Dead Mall - Decentraland and the Metaverse](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiZhdpLXZ8Q&list=LL&index=10)

### Music {music}

| ★★★★☆ | Caroline Polachek :: _Pang_ |
| ★★★★☆ | Talking Heads :: _Talking Heads: 77_ |
| ★★★☆☆ | Daphne Loves Derby :: _On The Strength Of Everybody Convinced_ |
| ★★★☆☆ | Mammal Hands :: _Shadow Work_ |
| ★★★☆☆ | The Weepies :: _Sirens_ |
| ★★☆☆☆ | Sleep Token :: _This Place Will Become Your Tomb_ |
| ★☆☆☆☆ | ZOMBIE-CHANG :: _STRESS de STRESS_ |

### Podcast Episodes {podcast-episodes}

|       |       |
| ----- | ----- |
| ★★★ | 99% Invisible :: _A Whale-Oiled Machine_ |
| ★★★ | 99% Invisible :: _The Wilderness Tool_ |
| ★★★ | Cautionary Tales :: _La La Land: Galileo's Warning_ |
| ★★★ | Cautionary Tales :: _Office Hell: The Demise of the Playful Workspace_ |
| ★★★ | Everything Everywhere Daily :: _Alcohol in Early America_ |
| ★★★ | Everything Everywhere Daily :: _Sun Yat-sen_ |
| ★★★ | Everything Everywhere Daily :: _The Cuban Missile Crisis_ |
| ★★★ | Planet Money :: _Dude, where's my streaming TV show?_ |
| ★★★ | Radiolab :: _Alone Enough_ |
| ★★★ | Radiolab :: _Apologetical_ |
| ★★★ | Radiolab :: _Buttons Not Buttons_ |
| ★★★ | The Memory Palace :: _Mary Walker Would Wear what she Wanted_ |
| ★★☆ | 99% Invisible :: _The Panopticon Effect_ |
| ★★☆ | Articles of Interest :: _The Clueless Closet_ |
| ★★☆ | Conversations with Tyler :: _Tom Holland on History, Christianity, and the Value of the Countryside_ |
| ★★☆ | Deep Questions with Cal Newport :: _The Virality Trap_ |
| ★★☆ | Endless Thread :: _Pawn Man_ |
| ★★☆ | Everything Everywhere Daily :: _A Brief History of Paper_ |
| ★★☆ | Everything Everywhere Daily :: _Chickens_ |
| ★★☆ | Everything Everywhere Daily :: _Libraries_ |
| ★★☆ | Everything Everywhere Daily :: _The 1964 Alaska Earthquake_ |
| ★★☆ | Everything Everywhere Daily :: _The Amazon River_ |
| ★★☆ | Everything Everywhere Daily :: _The Legend of Harry Houdini_ |
| ★★☆ | Everything Everywhere Daily :: _The Marginal Revolution_ |
| ★★☆ | Everything Everywhere Daily :: _The National Park System: America's Best Idea_ |
| ★★☆ | Everything Everywhere Daily :: _The Origins of Rock and Roll_ |
| ★★☆ | Everything Everywhere Daily :: _The Panama Canal_ |
| ★★☆ | Freakonomics :: _"Insurance Is Sexy." Discuss._ |
| ★★☆ | Freakonomics :: _Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses?_ |
| ★★☆ | Imaginary Worlds :: _100 Years of Weird Tales_ |
| ★★☆ | Quanta Science Podcast :: _How Supergenes Fuel Evolution Despite Harmful Mutations_ |
| ★★☆ | Software Unscripted :: _Speeding up Rust's Compiler_ |
| ★★☆ | Strong Towns :: _Growth Through Destruction_ |
| ★★☆ | What's Your Problem? :: _Problems Solved: Drones, Bananas and Real Estate*_ |
| ★★☆ | What's Your Problem? :: _Tiny Chips, Giant Stakes_ |