Pascanilai

Notes After the Fact

pascanilai.

kn.Malay

An evaluation of an activity, programme, or the like once it has been carried out; a post-mortem.

Penilaian terhadap sesuatu kegiatan, program dan sebagainya yang telah dijalankan.

Kamus Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka

2026
  1. 2 min

    Things to Turn Off

    Notes from Will Atherton's TikTok ads playbook. The hook formula gets the attention, but the part that quietly does the work is the long list of platform defaults he tells you to disable.

    · observations· craft

  2. 4 min

    If a Timeline Is Long, It's Wrong

    A note on Musk's maniacal urgency from *The Book of Elon*. Five rules, one underlying claim, and the reason it isn't an aesthetic preference.

    · ideas· craft

  3. 3 min

    Calibrated People Don't Build Things

    A note in defense of delusional optimism. The pessimist's chart is correct only on the assumption that you stop at the first hard thing.

    · ideas· observations

  4. 3 min

    True First Principles

    The cheap version produces a posture. The real version produces a number.

    · ideas· craft

  5. 3 min

    The Delulu Network School

    I can't move to Johor right now, so I'm building the room at home. A note on manufactured proximity, manifesting, and being slightly delulu on purpose.

    · ideas· observations

  6. 2 min

    The Boring NZT

    People have been chasing the pill from Limitless for fifteen years. The closest real thing costs ten cents and is sitting on a supermarket shelf.

    · ideas· observations

  7. 2 min

    Most First-Principles Thinking Isn't

    The phrase has gotten cheap. A note on why, and what the harder version actually costs.

    · ideas· craft

  8. 2 min

    What You Can't First-Principle

    A note on the quiet boundary of the optimizer mindset, and the part of life it isn't built for.

    · ideas· observations

  9. 2 min

    Before You Optimize, Delete

    A Tesla story from The Book of Elon, and the part of Elon's Algorithm I keep underrating.

    · ideas· craft

  10. 2 min

    The Man at 35

    I had goals to the third decimal place and no why. Here's the why. It's the man I refuse to wake up as.

    · ideas· observations

  11. 2 min

    The Entropy of Missing Out

    Skipping a habit doesn't cost you a day. It costs you the order in the system. A note on why "never miss twice" works.

    · ideas· observations

  12. 2 min

    Hours That Don't Compound

    A note on M.J. DeMarco's distinction between monomorphic and polymorphic pay, and the test it gave me for what's actually worth working on.

    · ideas· craft

  13. 2 min

    The Spec Is the Moat

    A note on Spec Kit, GitHub's new toolkit for spec-driven development. The interesting part isn't what it builds. It's what it keeps.

    · software· ai· craft

  14. 2 min

    What AI Can't Give You

    In the age of AI, the moat is what the model can't give you. Information it never saw, and judgment you've practiced until it's faster than a prompt.

    · ideas· ai

  15. 3 min

    Hook and Placement

    Notes from Koby Conrad's tutorial on Sunflower ads. Two things matter, a scroll-stopping hook and a visible product placement. The rest is support.

    · observations· craft

  16. 2 min

    A Day at Network School

    A spontaneous Saturday at Balaji's co-living experiment in Johor. Who's there, what you're paying for, and why RM6000 a month isn't as crazy as it sounds.

    · community· observations

  17. 1 min

    The Slow Accretion of Taste

    Taste is not downloaded. It is deposited, one small discrimination at a time, by a mind that has bothered to pay attention.

    · craft· taste

  18. 1 min

    A Note on Small Things

    In praise of the kind of software you could fit in a glove compartment, and a short defense of finishing.

    · craft· software