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 2026
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 Mar 28

  [ 3 podcasts I've been really enjoying lately ](https://davidharting.com/notes/3-podcasts-ive-been-really-enjoying-lately)

They all happen to be educational and British!

 Mar 25

  [ I'm really enjoying Zen Browser ](https://davidharting.com/notes/im-really-enjoying-zen-browser)

 Mar 13

  [ Big Fan ](https://davidharting.com/notes/big-fan)

Here's an incomplete list of stuff that I am a Big Fan of right now

 Feb 18

  [ Outcomes and values snapshot ](https://davidharting.com/notes/outcomes-and-values-snapshot)

Always good to put it to paper and reflect: Is my behavior congruent with this?

 Jan 31

  [ A bash function to toggle MacOS reduce-motion setting ](https://davidharting.com/notes/reduce-motion-bash-function)

 Jan 27

  [ A Good Song: Perpetual Adoration by Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore ](https://davidharting.com/notes/song-rec-perpetual-adoration)

POV: You are convalescing in Rivendell

 Jan 26

  [ The federal government is lying about the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti ](https://davidharting.com/notes/the-federal-government-is-lying-about-the-killings-of-renee-good-and-alex-pretti)

 Jan 12

  [ Becoming a person who flosses ](https://davidharting.com/notes/becoming-a-person-who-flosses)

I have renewed appreciation for how information has to hit you at the right time in the right context.

 2025
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 Oct 16

  [ Agentic AI accelerates starting more than finishing ](https://davidharting.com/notes/starting-versus-finishing-with-agentic-ai)

 Oct 14

  [ Got to meet Juneau Black yesterday! ](https://davidharting.com/notes/got-to-meet-juneau-black-yesterday)

Jocelyn Cole and Sharon Nagel - the writing duo behind the Shady Hollow Series

 Sep 15

  [ Miyawaki method: Microforests are cheap and effective ](https://davidharting.com/notes/pocket-forests)

 Sep 9

  [ Quoting How to Raise a Reader ](https://davidharting.com/notes/quoting-how-to-raise-a-reader)

What stories do I want to be a part of? What kind of character do I want to be?

 Sep 8

  [ Just subscribed to Hearts of Space ](https://davidharting.com/notes/just-subscribed-to-hearts-of-space)

 Sep 3

  [ Product recommendation: Register booster fan ](https://davidharting.com/notes/product-recommendation-register-booster-fan)

 Sep 1

  [ So much to say ](https://davidharting.com/notes/so-much-to-say)

 May 2

  [ How to view contents of a gzipped bytea column using psql in plaintext ](https://davidharting.com/notes/how-to-view-gzipped-bytea-column)

Or at least this is how I did it at work =D

 Apr 13

  [ You can measure stuff ](https://davidharting.com/notes/you-can-measure-stuff)

 Apr 7

  [ Had a great long weekend in Milwaukee with best friends ](https://davidharting.com/notes/milwaukee-2025)

 Mar 28

  [ Cuneiform ](https://davidharting.com/notes/cuneiform)

Sometimes when I post standup on Fridays, I include a fun fact. Today's really excites me, so I wanted to share it out here too.

 Mar 24

  [ Smart Brevity and LLMs ](https://davidharting.com/notes/smart-brevity-llms)

I've adopted Smart Brevity and LLMs into my writing in the past year.

 Feb 16

  [ Permalink ](https://davidharting.com/notes/existence-itself)

Existence itself is joyful, meaningful, valuable, and sufficient

 Jan 22

  [ Changing my relationship with my phone in 2025 ](https://davidharting.com/notes/changing-my-relationship-with-my-phone-in-2025)

I want a light and clear mind

 2024
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 Dec 27

  [ How I use cmd+k as my tmux prefix ](https://davidharting.com/notes/how-i-use-cmdk-as-my-tmux-prefix)

Cmd + k on mac uses a thumb and a home row key. Comfortable for me!

 Nov 29

  [ Useful, beautiful, or true ](https://davidharting.com/notes/useful-beautiful-or-true)

A quote by Lewis H. Lapham