https://gistlets.com/ Gistlets: original, hand-written summaries and reviews of the best books on money, investing, technology, AI and self-development. Practical ideas in minutes. en https://gistlets.com/blog/automate-with-scripts.html https://gistlets.com/blog/automate-with-scripts.html Tech & AI Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT You do not need to be a programmer to stop doing repetitive work by hand. A small script, written once, pays back for years. https://gistlets.com/blog/understanding-the-cloud.html https://gistlets.com/blog/understanding-the-cloud.html Tech & AI Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT The cloud is not magic and it is not someone else's computer in the vague sense. Here is what you are really buying, and the bill traps to expect. https://gistlets.com/book/thinking-in-systems.html https://gistlets.com/book/thinking-in-systems.html Tech & AI Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT A short, clear introduction to seeing problems as systems — stocks, flows, feedback loops and the reasons obvious fixes make things worse. https://gistlets.com/blog/choose-a-database.html https://gistlets.com/blog/choose-a-database.html Tech & AI Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Relational, document, key-value, search or analytical? A practical way to pick the right one for the job, and when to stop at one. https://gistlets.com/book/the-design-of-everyday-things.html https://gistlets.com/book/the-design-of-everyday-things.html Tech & AI Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Why doors confuse you and interfaces blame you: the classic explanation of how design either guides people or quietly sets them up to fail. https://gistlets.com/blog/how-ai-models-learn.html https://gistlets.com/blog/how-ai-models-learn.html Tech & AI Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT What "training" a model really involves, why scale matters so much, and where the limits come from — without the maths. https://gistlets.com/book/digital-minimalism.html https://gistlets.com/book/digital-minimalism.html Self-Development Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT A philosophy for using technology deliberately rather than by default, with a 30-day practice for taking your attention back. https://gistlets.com/blog/communicate-clearly-at-work.html https://gistlets.com/blog/communicate-clearly-at-work.html Self-Development Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Most workplace friction is not disagreement, it is confusion. These habits make your writing and speaking easier to act on. https://gistlets.com/book/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant.html https://gistlets.com/book/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant.html Self-Development Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Wealth and happiness explained through one investor's principles: specific knowledge, leverage, and learning to be content with what you already have. https://gistlets.com/blog/learn-anything-faster.html https://gistlets.com/blog/learn-anything-faster.html Self-Development Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Speed in learning does not come from working longer. It comes from a loop of practice, feedback and adjustment that most people skip. https://gistlets.com/book/the-little-book-that-still-beats-the-market.html https://gistlets.com/book/the-little-book-that-still-beats-the-market.html Money & Investing Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT A simple, mechanical formula for buying above-average companies at below-average prices — and the uncomfortable reason most people still fail at it. https://gistlets.com/blog/salary-negotiation-guide.html https://gistlets.com/blog/salary-negotiation-guide.html Money & Investing Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT A raise negotiated once compounds for years. Here is the preparation, the wording and the timing that make asking feel normal instead of hostile. https://gistlets.com/book/common-stocks-and-uncommon-profits.html https://gistlets.com/book/common-stocks-and-uncommon-profits.html Money & Investing Sun, 18 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT The classic case for buying a few outstanding companies and holding them for decades — and the fifteen-point method for finding them. https://gistlets.com/blog/budgeting-that-actually-works.html https://gistlets.com/blog/budgeting-that-actually-works.html Money & Investing Sun, 18 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Most budgets fail because they demand too much precision and too little flexibility. Here is a simpler structure that survives real life. https://gistlets.com/book/why-we-sleep.html https://gistlets.com/book/why-we-sleep.html Self-Development Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT The science of sleep and why it may be the single most effective thing you can do for your brain and body. https://gistlets.com/blog/morning-routine.html https://gistlets.com/blog/morning-routine.html Self-Development Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Forget the five-hour ideal. Here is how to build a short morning routine that survives real life. https://gistlets.com/book/never-split-the-difference.html https://gistlets.com/book/never-split-the-difference.html Self-Development Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT An FBI hostage negotiator's playbook: tactical empathy, mirroring, labelling and the surprising power of "no". https://gistlets.com/blog/sleep-better.html https://gistlets.com/blog/sleep-better.html Self-Development Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT The handful of changes that genuinely improve sleep — light, timing, temperature and caffeine — and what to ignore. https://gistlets.com/book/so-good-they-cant-ignore-you.html https://gistlets.com/book/so-good-they-cant-ignore-you.html Self-Development Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Why "follow your passion" is bad advice — and how rare, valuable skills create the career you actually want. https://gistlets.com/blog/journaling-guide.html https://gistlets.com/blog/journaling-guide.html Self-Development Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Journaling is not a diary habit — it is a thinking tool. Here is how to use it in ten minutes a day. https://gistlets.com/book/meditations.html https://gistlets.com/book/meditations.html Self-Development Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT The private notebook of a Roman emperor: Stoic practices for calm, self-discipline and perspective under pressure. https://gistlets.com/blog/how-to-read-more-books.html https://gistlets.com/blog/how-to-read-more-books.html Self-Development Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Practical ways to read far more without treating it as another performance target. https://gistlets.com/book/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-people.html https://gistlets.com/book/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-people.html Self-Development Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT The classic framework for personal effectiveness: be proactive, begin with the end in mind, and put first things first. https://gistlets.com/blog/git-basics.html https://gistlets.com/blog/git-basics.html Tech & AI Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Version control without the fear: the core Git workflow, the commands you will actually type, and how to fix common mistakes. https://gistlets.com/book/the-hard-thing-about-hard-things.html https://gistlets.com/book/the-hard-thing-about-hard-things.html Tech & AI Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT The unvarnished realities of running a company: layoffs, demotions, wartime leadership and the loneliness of the top job. https://gistlets.com/blog/apis-explained.html https://gistlets.com/blog/apis-explained.html Tech & AI Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT What an API actually is, how a request and response work, and why almost every app you use depends on them. https://gistlets.com/book/superintelligence.html https://gistlets.com/book/superintelligence.html Tech & AI Sun, 11 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT The definitive exploration of what happens when machine intelligence surpasses ours — paths, risks and the control problem. https://gistlets.com/blog/sql-basics.html https://gistlets.com/blog/sql-basics.html Tech & AI Sun, 11 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT The handful of SQL commands that handle most real work — explained without a computer science degree. https://gistlets.com/book/algorithms-to-live-by.html https://gistlets.com/book/algorithms-to-live-by.html Tech & AI Sat, 10 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Computer science for everyday life: optimal stopping, sorting, caching and Bayesian thinking applied to human decisions. https://gistlets.com/book/the-master-algorithm.html https://gistlets.com/book/the-master-algorithm.html Tech & AI Sat, 10 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT A clear tour of the five tribes of machine learning and the quest for one algorithm that can learn anything.