writing
Placeholder entries for now — swap these for real pieces, with links to the full write-ups.
A look at how loosely that word gets used, and what a more precise version of the claim would have to show.
Read the piece →A rough method for getting something real out of a paper on the first pass, before you understand all of it.
Read the piece →Why 'it works' and 'I know why it works' are different achievements, and why writing is how you tell them apart.
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