When AI Gets It Wrong: A Lesson in Human Judgment from DEF CON 34
“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
2 responsesYour Typical Tennis Is How Good You Actually Are
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
What Consistency Really Means in Tennis
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
1 responseDecision Records: A Better Way to Evaluate Decisions in Tennis and Life
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
An Index Card, Feedback, and Better Tennis: A Simple Daily Reflection Habit
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
Habit Stacking: A Simple Productivity Habit That Can Improve Your Tennis
Off-court training is a significant part of my tennis life. Because of that, I have a fairly legitimate small-footprint home gym. Regardless of how muchRead More
2027 USTA League Regulations: Rethinking NTRP Grievances
In the previous posts over the weekend, we examined two significant changes coming in the 2027 USTA League National Regulations. The first expanded the groupRead More
2027 USTA League Regulations: Dynamic Disqualification Comes to Nationals
Yesterday, we examined a change to the 2027 USTA League Regulations that expands the group of players who can be dynamically disqualified. In 2026, onlyRead More
2027 USTA League Regulations Updates: Mixed Exclusive Ratings and Dynamic Disqualification
In late spring (or early summer), the USTA publishes a new draft of the League Regulations, which will take effect the following year. The finalizedRead More
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