Philipp Winter

@__phw

I write about technology and culture.

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Philipp Winter
@__phw
Mar 6, 2023
After more than three years of work, I finally completed Research Power Tools, a book that helps new PhD students navigate #research and #academia. It's available as paperback and ebook at research-power-tools.com!
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Philipp Winter
@__phw
Aug 26
Very refreshing to work on a code base that allows you to merge without review. I end up contributing lots of little fixes since it takes so little time and effort. Code bases that require reviews disincentivize that. Important to work among people that trust each other.
Philipp Winter
@__phw
Aug 20
Omarchy Quattro is a fantastic release. It completely eliminated the last bit of desire I had for macOS. Looks better, feels more polished, and is faster. On top of that, I already built a custom menu bar plugin in just a few minutes. Good luck doing that on macOS.
Philipp Winter
@__phw
Aug 16
Most universities would be shut down tomorrow if the general public understood the full extent of the fraud, cowardice, and dishonesty.
Opinion: I teach calculus at Berkeley. Some of my students can’t do middle school math
From sfstandard.com
Philipp Winter
@__phw
Aug 13
After many years of MacBooks, I'm now working on an XPS 14. Software (Hyprland/Arch) is fantastic, far superior to macOS UX. Hardware has gotten much better. Build quality, screen, and battery not quite on par with MacBooks yet but the gap is now small.