Douwe Osinga's Blog

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

When I was a kid I wanted to become an astronaut. But then I found out you have to be a pilot first and that seemed boring. So I decided to ...

(this first appeared on Block's blog ) I hold the generally unpopular opinion that we write too many tests. Most tests written have nega...

I learned something about myself and the world. I discussed it over a beer with a good friend of mine and he thought it was interesting enou...

Another one of Paul Graham’s essays is making the rounds: founder mode . Paul’s writing is generally thoughtful and to the point, but I am n...

As Franklin would have it, nothing in this life is certain but death and taxes . And when it comes to US states it is generally thought ther...

I was looking around for a spreadsheet with all Y-Companies, but couldn’t find one, or at least nothing recent. The top Google Result is dep...

Every year during the gathering of the world leaders in Davos, Oxfam comes out with a report about how the rich are getting richer and the ...