About Me

I’m Dumitru. Software engineer. I like understanding how things work under the hood and experimenting with new tools. I run, read, and travel. This blog is where I share what I’m digging into.

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Link April 25, 2025

Seriously bright light vs. winter blahs

by David Chapman

A well-researched deep dive into how SAD lights work and what “lumens” really mean—great for cutting through marketing hype.
Book April 21, 2025

What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character

by Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton

★★★★★

More intimate than Surely You’re Joking—Feynman unfiltered, curious, and quietly devastating.
Link April 10, 2025

Prompt Engineering

by Lee Boonstra

Learn how to guide a genius machine by asking smarter questions. Like tuning a radio, only your dial is words.
Link April 05, 2025

The blissful zen of a good side project

by Josh Collinsworth

A quiet meditation on creation, freedom, and the joy of making something for no one but yourself. It’s not about shipping — it’s about showing up for that small, curious voice inside.
Link March 30, 2025

Waterbed Theory

by WikiWikiWeb

In systems, complexity is conserved — you can shift it, not shrink it.
Book March 23, 2025

The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn

by Richard Hamming

★★★★★

A masterclass in lifelong learning, turning hard-earned wisdom into unforgettable parables.
Link February 26, 2025

TypeScript types can run DOOM

by Dimitri Mitropoulos

What happens when you blend the iconic DOOM engine with TypeScript’s type system? A mind-blowing technical feat—and a new definition of ‘insane commitment.’
Link February 20, 2025

The Bitter Lesson

by Rich Sutton

We want AI agents that can discover like we can, not which contain what we have discovered. Building in our discoveries only makes it harder to see how the discovering process can be done.

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