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A commonplace book for equations, programs, melodies, fragments of poetry — and the small ordinary moments that become extraordinary when we actually notice them.
A small invitation
Before the next article, perhaps make some chai. Keep one biscuit nearby. Read slowly.
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Biscuits in Tea
A small manifesto for attention, curiosity, chai and the dangerous few seconds between a crisp biscuit and surrender.
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From fmap to <*>: combining independent values that live inside a shared computational context.
Biscuits in Tea
A small manifesto for attention, curiosity, chai and the dangerous few seconds between a crisp biscuit and surrender.
Monads Without Mysticism
A practical visual introduction to >>=, do-notation and sequencing computations whose next step depends on the previous result.
The Most Important Cup of Tea in the World
Zen, attention, and the radical possibility of doing one very ordinary thing completely.
The Biscuit at the Bottom of the Cup
A very small meditation on impermanence, attachment and why every biscuit eventually loses an argument with hot chai.
The Mathematics of Dunking a Biscuit
Capillary action, porous structures, competing timescales — and the quest for the perfect dunk.