Matt Nunogawa
@amattn.com
Founder & CTO at Haven Headache & Migraine. Making stuff and helping people is my jam.
startups, humor, software, empathy, food, elixir, learning, whatever.
startups, humor, software, empathy, food, elixir, learning, whatever.
I say this as an optimist, but I’m not sure how optimism is a thing. if I project back to the pre-agriculture hunter gather era, people who are optimistic about eating the red mushroom or I can get the bear and make a stew, it doesn’t seem like they would be very good at passing along their genes
October 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I say this as an optimist, but I’m not sure how optimism is a thing. if I project back to the pre-agriculture hunter gather era, people who are optimistic about eating the red mushroom or I can get the bear and make a stew, it doesn’t seem like they would be very good at passing along their genes
1. the centaur-related terminology in AI, which I believe originates from the chess world, cracks me up
2. the notion of humans as scapegoats for AI is the most dystopian of outcomes
locusmag.com/feature/comm...
2. the notion of humans as scapegoats for AI is the most dystopian of outcomes
locusmag.com/feature/comm...
September 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
1. the centaur-related terminology in AI, which I believe originates from the chess world, cracks me up
2. the notion of humans as scapegoats for AI is the most dystopian of outcomes
locusmag.com/feature/comm...
2. the notion of humans as scapegoats for AI is the most dystopian of outcomes
locusmag.com/feature/comm...
The amount of nostalgia per post that @nicole.express
generates in my squishy brain is skyscraper high.
generates in my squishy brain is skyscraper high.
August 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The amount of nostalgia per post that @nicole.express
generates in my squishy brain is skyscraper high.
generates in my squishy brain is skyscraper high.
Try and
| Yale Grammatical Diversity Project: English in North America
ygdp.yale.edu
August 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
August 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
this post gave me a new mental model of real estate the Shelter vs real estate the Investment
clmarohn.substack.com/p/what-happe...
clmarohn.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What Happens When Housing Prices Go Down (because they are)?
A reflection on affordability, finance, and the deep contradictions we struggle to face.
clmarohn.substack.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
this post gave me a new mental model of real estate the Shelter vs real estate the Investment
clmarohn.substack.com/p/what-happe...
clmarohn.substack.com/p/what-happe...
Reposted by Matt Nunogawa
Taking out a loan is buying money.
Taking investment is buying money.
Offering a discount in exchange for annual payments is buying money.
Sometimes it makes sense to buy money, and sometimes it doesn't.
Taking investment is buying money.
Offering a discount in exchange for annual payments is buying money.
Sometimes it makes sense to buy money, and sometimes it doesn't.
August 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Taking out a loan is buying money.
Taking investment is buying money.
Offering a discount in exchange for annual payments is buying money.
Sometimes it makes sense to buy money, and sometimes it doesn't.
Taking investment is buying money.
Offering a discount in exchange for annual payments is buying money.
Sometimes it makes sense to buy money, and sometimes it doesn't.
Is there a consensus replacement phrasing for googling something now that we use chat whatever LLMs?
I'm leaning towards "just FROL it" as in future robot overlords.
"I'm frolling for when the machines will take over humanity."
I'm leaning towards "just FROL it" as in future robot overlords.
"I'm frolling for when the machines will take over humanity."
May 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Is there a consensus replacement phrasing for googling something now that we use chat whatever LLMs?
I'm leaning towards "just FROL it" as in future robot overlords.
"I'm frolling for when the machines will take over humanity."
I'm leaning towards "just FROL it" as in future robot overlords.
"I'm frolling for when the machines will take over humanity."
I did not know that the Dark Ages were literally dark:
"A mysterious fog plunged Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Asia into darkness, day and night—for 18 months."
www.science.org/content/arti...
"A mysterious fog plunged Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Asia into darkness, day and night—for 18 months."
www.science.org/content/arti...
Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive'
Glacier cores reveal Icelandic volcano that plunged Europe into darkness
www.science.org
May 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I did not know that the Dark Ages were literally dark:
"A mysterious fog plunged Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Asia into darkness, day and night—for 18 months."
www.science.org/content/arti...
"A mysterious fog plunged Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Asia into darkness, day and night—for 18 months."
www.science.org/content/arti...
The Myth of the three day weekend:
All the research indicated it takes about 72 hours for your brain to “detox” from work.
A three day weekend means you spend the whole 3 days with work thoughts still in your brain.
All the research indicated it takes about 72 hours for your brain to “detox” from work.
A three day weekend means you spend the whole 3 days with work thoughts still in your brain.
April 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The Myth of the three day weekend:
All the research indicated it takes about 72 hours for your brain to “detox” from work.
A three day weekend means you spend the whole 3 days with work thoughts still in your brain.
All the research indicated it takes about 72 hours for your brain to “detox” from work.
A three day weekend means you spend the whole 3 days with work thoughts still in your brain.
I get affect vs effect correct every time and I even plug in the USB-A cables the right way up most of the time, but ask me to spell gaurantee and I get that red underline taunting me like a toddler who found their first ever noisemaker.
April 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I get affect vs effect correct every time and I even plug in the USB-A cables the right way up most of the time, but ask me to spell gaurantee and I get that red underline taunting me like a toddler who found their first ever noisemaker.
co-worker: are you free?
me: MY SPIRIT IS UNBOUND AND MY SOUL IS NOT SUBJECT TO RITUAL CONTRACT!
co-worker: ...
co-worker: whatever, I'm sending you a zoom link
me: MY SPIRIT IS UNBOUND AND MY SOUL IS NOT SUBJECT TO RITUAL CONTRACT!
co-worker: ...
co-worker: whatever, I'm sending you a zoom link
April 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
co-worker: are you free?
me: MY SPIRIT IS UNBOUND AND MY SOUL IS NOT SUBJECT TO RITUAL CONTRACT!
co-worker: ...
co-worker: whatever, I'm sending you a zoom link
me: MY SPIRIT IS UNBOUND AND MY SOUL IS NOT SUBJECT TO RITUAL CONTRACT!
co-worker: ...
co-worker: whatever, I'm sending you a zoom link
exceptionally good writeup on what makes a good developer: endler.dev/2025/best-pr...
The Best Programmers I Know | Matthias Endler
I have met a lot of developers in my life.
Late…
endler.dev
April 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
exceptionally good writeup on what makes a good developer: endler.dev/2025/best-pr...
I think my secret superpower is plugging in USB cables the right way up four out of five times on average.
March 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I think my secret superpower is plugging in USB cables the right way up four out of five times on average.
Also, my internet rabbit-hole of the day:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childho...
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childho...
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
March 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Also, my internet rabbit-hole of the day:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childho...
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childho...
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
I just discovered wipr2, a safari-only ad blocker and it is amazing. insta-buy, insta-install on every apple device I own.
kaylees.site/wipr2.html
If you use safari even a little, I really can't recommend this enough.
(ht to matanabudy.com/achieving-gr...)
kaylees.site/wipr2.html
If you use safari even a little, I really can't recommend this enough.
(ht to matanabudy.com/achieving-gr...)
March 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I just discovered wipr2, a safari-only ad blocker and it is amazing. insta-buy, insta-install on every apple device I own.
kaylees.site/wipr2.html
If you use safari even a little, I really can't recommend this enough.
(ht to matanabudy.com/achieving-gr...)
kaylees.site/wipr2.html
If you use safari even a little, I really can't recommend this enough.
(ht to matanabudy.com/achieving-gr...)
Apparently the way computers think about numbers and the way humans think about numbers are dramatically different.
This was interesting to me and touches on the Venn diagram of normal human math, deep academia math and computer science:
chadnauseam.com/coding/rando...
This was interesting to me and touches on the Venn diagram of normal human math, deep academia math and computer science:
chadnauseam.com/coding/rando...
calculator-app - Chad Nauseam Home
"A calculator app? Anyone could make that." (this was originally a https://x.com/ChadNauseam/status/1890889465322786878) Not true. A calculator should show you the result of the mathematical expressi…
chadnauseam.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Apparently the way computers think about numbers and the way humans think about numbers are dramatically different.
This was interesting to me and touches on the Venn diagram of normal human math, deep academia math and computer science:
chadnauseam.com/coding/rando...
This was interesting to me and touches on the Venn diagram of normal human math, deep academia math and computer science:
chadnauseam.com/coding/rando...
I spent some time this morning writing up a technical retro. blameless style of course. some thoughts:
- this is only my second in the past year. Phoenix/liveview is awesome.
- it was not DNS
- I prob should not be writing defect retros on a Saturday morning.
- this is only my second in the past year. Phoenix/liveview is awesome.
- it was not DNS
- I prob should not be writing defect retros on a Saturday morning.
February 16, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I spent some time this morning writing up a technical retro. blameless style of course. some thoughts:
- this is only my second in the past year. Phoenix/liveview is awesome.
- it was not DNS
- I prob should not be writing defect retros on a Saturday morning.
- this is only my second in the past year. Phoenix/liveview is awesome.
- it was not DNS
- I prob should not be writing defect retros on a Saturday morning.
Things are super busy. more so than ever.
And I posit that our tech stack based on #ElixirLang is a massive competitive advantage.
And I posit that our tech stack based on #ElixirLang is a massive competitive advantage.
February 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Things are super busy. more so than ever.
And I posit that our tech stack based on #ElixirLang is a massive competitive advantage.
And I posit that our tech stack based on #ElixirLang is a massive competitive advantage.
January 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
There are four hard problems in Computer Science:
- Naming
- Caching
- Off by one errors
- Naming
- Caching
- Off by one errors
January 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
There are four hard problems in Computer Science:
- Naming
- Caching
- Off by one errors
- Naming
- Caching
- Off by one errors
In case anyone is curious, Hula Girl 100% Kona coffee is the the best Kona coffee I’ve come across. Amazing aromatics. Farmer’s Choice takes second place.
January 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
In case anyone is curious, Hula Girl 100% Kona coffee is the the best Kona coffee I’ve come across. Amazing aromatics. Farmer’s Choice takes second place.