Bakkot's writing & etc

Essays I like

Some short-form writing by other people I particularly recommend.

Science demos

An incomplete list of informative and/or cool science demos you can do for your kids and/or yourself.

The Principle of Least Frustration

It's not enough to minimize the number of users who will find your API surprising. A design which surprises more users but gives better feedback when misused might be less frustrating overall.

Optionally async functions in JavaScript

A brief overview of a library which lets you write one function and use it in both sync and async contexts.