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Christianity Attenuates Elite Overproduction
Christianity as a technology for social flourishing
Aug 24 • 
John Vandivier
Optimal Interview Count per Week
Optimize performance and mitigate interview fatigue
Aug 22 • 
John Vandivier
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Contra "Interview When You Feel Ready"
Waiting is less efficient than snowballing with targeted gap fixes
Aug 13 • 
John Vandivier
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Optimal Leetcode Problem Count
FAANG Roles with less than 500 problems
Aug 11 • 
John Vandivier
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Six Novel SWE Interview Approaches
AI isn't ruining the SWE interview process. It's forcing overdue progress.
May 21 • 
John Vandivier
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Standard Practices vs Best Practices
common practices get substandard results
Jun 11, 2023 • 
John Vandivier
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refactor: short form repurposing
why a youtube-oriented linear repurposing flow is better than a tiktok-shotgun approach
Jun 8, 2023 • 
John Vandivier
feat: scaling low-income welfare
you can't just "skip" the diffusion cycle, but you can accelerate it
May 28, 2023 • 
John Vandivier
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