Nik Kantar

Tag: philosophy

2025 (5)

Digital and Analog Writing
I write both on a computer and on paper, and the two rarely mix.
Blaugust 2025: Low Stakes Hot Take
What a lovely prompt by a fellow Blaugustian!
Blaugust 2025: Perseverance
The struggle is real, at least a little bit.
Blaugust 2025: Stop Pleasing Deathbed You
Don’t worry too much about what you’re going to think of yourself when you die.
Blaugust 2025: Regressed Expectations
Sometimes you take a step back to take two steps forward, but never get that exact step again.

2023 (2)

Masking Is Inclusivity
As time goes by and we all get increasingly tired of masking to reduce the spread of COVID-19, we should be mindful of whom we leave behind by reverting to “normalcy”.
Just a Camera
I’m going to try using my actual camera for (more) things after mostly letting it languish for four and a half years.

2022 (2)

The Mix Has Died
Before even launching the publicly available version of TheMixNeverDies.com, I’m shelving the project.
Not Aristotle
I was today years old when I learned that “my favorite quote of all time is a misattribution”.

2021 (2)

Simple, Easy, Complex, Difficult
Some language nuance.
Make the Important Things Easy
An old nugget of wisdom.

2019 (1)

Supporting Windows
It's neither ethical nor smart to ignore about half of all Python users.

2017 (1)

Programmer, Developer, Engineer, Lexicographer
What am I even supposed to call myself these days?