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This week, I had a sudden urge to learn how jet engines work.

Well, maybe not that sudden, since I've always been interested in aeronautics, and I had a piece on jet engines from Brian Potter over at Construction Physics sitting on my reading list for a while.

Nevertheless, learning about this engineering marvel was a fantastic experience because we rarely appreciate the everyday stuff that was once a miracle but has now become a regular thing.

Diving deeper into this rabbit hole, I stumbled upon this video showing a nearly transparent mini jet engine that shows the Brayton cycle (the mechanism behind jet engines) happening in real time, as we can see through the outer casing:

If you're interested in seeing how jet engines work, the above article and video are excellent resources to get an overview.

Learning about the development process of jet engines also raised an important point that we often overlook: progress happens quietly and takes time to compound into something significant.

Too often, we give up before progress has gained any momentum. If you're working towards something difficult, stick with the process and keep working in the right direction.

Progress will be visible soon enough.

P.S.:- Hulry completed its sixth year this week. Thank you for making this project worth pursuing every day. 🎊

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Memoir

Careless People

Facebook doesn't have the best of reputations in the tech industry. This book tells a part of how Facebook functions internally and how they swing their power from an insider's perspective.

Apps & Services

Aside

An agentic browser to do your manual tasks

This is the latest in the string of agentic browsers, and at first glance, it looks good. Personal data stays on the device, encrypted using your account password, and it even has a built-in password manager to help AI agents seamlessly log in to your accounts. You can use Aside’s AI subscription or reuse your ChatGPT or Claude subscription for agentic work. Available on macOS and is free to start.
Flask

Easily leave timestamped feedback on videos

If you work on videos or other creative assets as part of a team, this tool can be helpful. Dictate your feedback while playing a video asset you’re reviewing, and Flask will automatically transcribe and timestamp your notes on the asset page. It’s like giving feedback to someone present in the room with you. Available on the Web and is free to start.
Trace

Take meeting notes privately

Trace records audio from your microphone and your MacBook’s system audio to capture meeting conversations from both ends. I like the option to quickly mark key moments during the chat, which gets highlighted in the finished transcript. Works locally without sending your audio to the cloud. Available on macOS for $9.99 one-time.

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Quickly toggle the bottom path bar in the Finder macOS app.

Interesting Reads

Designing Our Lives To Be Antifragile

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Being antifragile is an idea I've been exploring and thinking about quite deeply. And in this post, I've shared my observations, what it means to be antifragile, how we can work towards it, and how I've been shaping my life and business to gain from this structure.
100 Ways You Can Make the World a Better Place

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This huge list of good advice can not only help us make our lives slightly better, but also impact the people around us, too. Although this piece was published 26 years ago, the advice in it is timeless.
The Proven Path to Doing Unique and Meaningful Work

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We’ve all heard that consistency is the key to producing good work and achieving success. And while that’s true, where consistency helps further is in revisiting one’s work and reworking ideas as you grow. The analogy in this post visualises this well.
The Bus Ticket Theory of Genius

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This piece makes a compelling case about why we should not be afraid to follow our interests, even if they might seem like a waste of time. Curiosity and deep interests can help us produce our best work.

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