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Leave yourself a shotPosition play in the games of pool and life, and why the best move often isn’t the one that looks best right now.Pool#pool#life#decisionsRead musing Useful beats impressiveA recurring lesson from products, engineering and business: sophistication has no inherent value.Technology#engineering#products#business#startups#entrepreneurshipRead musing I keep coming back to leverageWhy the ideas that hold my attention tend to make one person, one team, or one resource dramatically more capable.Entrepreneurship#startupsRead musing Project Solar: (My Thoughts on) Building Around Nigeria’s Broken Relationship with ElectricityI have spent a lot of time thinking about electricity in Nigeria, because unreliable power becomes impossible to ignore when trying to build a life and do serious work here.EntrepreneurshipRead musing A functional depressionThis won’t feel complete, and is unlikely to even feel coherent. I’ll write it in one pass: no edits, zero polish, no take-backs.LifeRead musing