An engineer overthinks tennis in a daily journal.
Over the past two days, I have been exploring the NTRP ratings system through the lens of complexity. Friday started with the distinction between complicatedRead More
On a recent Championship Sunday at USTA Texas 18+ League Sectionals, someone passed an interesting observation to me. After a particular team won the firstRead More
I spent last weekend at USTA Texas 18+ League Sectionals. A side effect of that is spending a fair amount of time hearing people grouse about NTRPRead More
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Yesterday, I described watching hundreds of highly intelligent people submit the same obviously wrong answer to one of my DEF CON CTF challenges because anRead More
“Hello, world.” The six to eight weeks leading up to DEF CON are always a bit overwhelming for me. Between my day job, preparations forRead More
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This post concludes the August installment of the Tennis Glow-Up series. Friday framed consistency as the ability to reduce unnecessary variation rather than eliminate bad days. Yesterday’sRead More
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Yesterday’s post established a baseline understanding of consistency. The best tennis players are not those who somehow avoid bad days. Rather, they are the onesRead More
This post opens the August installment of the Tennis Glow-Up series. Throughout 2026, we have been dedicating the first full weekend of every month to intentional improvementRead More
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A couple of years ago, I heard an idea on a podcast that has slowly but surely become one of the more useful tools IRead More
A few months ago, I heard an interesting personal productivity suggestion during a podcast. The guest described a remarkably simple system that had become partRead More