Grady Hofeditz
I’m Grady. I study Finance and Operations & Analytics at Georgetown, and I’ve been building software since I co-founded Statsify.net at 13.
This site is mostly my library of 359 essays I keep re-reading, by writers like Paul Graham and Morgan Housel, on thinking clearly, startups, and how to live. If you’re new, start with my favorites, follow a reading path for a guided sequence, or let the slot machine choose something for you.
You can find me on GitHub (opens in a new tab) and LinkedIn (opens in a new tab), or email hello@gradyhofeditz.com to say hi or recommend an essay.
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Today’s pick · Sunday, Nov 1
Altman’s 95 pieces of startup advice for a new YC batch, from make something people want and hire slow, fire fast to keeping burn low, moving fast, and staying optimistic when everything melts down.
Latest essays
Larson argues that a long career is managed through pace, and that steady investment in people, prestige, profit, and learning compounds over decades.
Read the original of A forty-year career. (opens in a new tab)Nielsen argues that great blog posts come from listening for what the people around you already feel but haven’t said, then writing it down.
Read the original of Blogging & Listening (opens in a new tab)Fradkin argues that analysts drive decisions by telling stories, so their real job is pushing the company to want better stories than lazy averages.
Read the original of Data Science Is About Telling Better Stories (opens in a new tab)Ango argues that every design is a set of tradeoffs, and the best products are openly opinionated about what they choose to be bad at.
Read the original of Design is compromise (opens in a new tab)Somers argues that the phrase “it turns out” lets writers skip the argument between two beliefs while readers trust them anyway.
Read the original of It turns out (opens in a new tab)Somers argues that everyone should write, because knowing you will write makes you notice more and turns daily life into a source of questions.
Read the original of More people should write (opens in a new tab)