Archive • From My Desk • Buttondown

For the last five years or so I’ve been posting a sort of cooking and recipe diary. It started during the most restrictive Covid lockdown in 2020 when I...

We're All Developers Now

Companies spend a lot of time trying to have everyone from the CEO down understand their business. And rightfully so. Trivial as it may sound, I’m persuaded...

Something For Everyone

As I figure out whatever this new format is, I was very tempted to write again about something at the nexus of politics and society. But since I’m...

First: if you didn’t click last time and read the Levitsky and Way piece in Foreign Affairs, their accompanying podcast episode is also very much worth a...

February 16, 2025

Welcome to this new format! I still haven’t figured out exactly what it’s going to be. The temptation is to make it a true grab bag. I’d like to find a theme...