Sebastian BeckSoftware, AI, IT, stoicism, and books.https://sebastianbeck.li/On running my own DNS — three months inhttps://sebastianbeck.li/writing/on-running-my-own-dns/https://sebastianbeck.li/writing/on-running-my-own-dns/Self-hosting a recursive resolver is petty, useful, and mildly therapeutic.Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTA small letter to my future, less anxious selfhttps://sebastianbeck.li/writing/a-small-letter-to-my-future-self/https://sebastianbeck.li/writing/a-small-letter-to-my-future-self/Things I wish I had told myself when the inbox first hit four digits.Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhy I stopped fine-tuning and started prompting harderhttps://sebastianbeck.li/writing/why-i-stopped-fine-tuning/https://sebastianbeck.li/writing/why-i-stopped-fine-tuning/Most fine-tunes I have shipped were a worse version of a better prompt.Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTPasta water is the only stock I trust anymorehttps://sebastianbeck.li/writing/pasta-water-is-the-only-stock/https://sebastianbeck.li/writing/pasta-water-is-the-only-stock/A short, opinionated defense of cooking from one starchy puddle.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTThings I overheard at the laundromathttps://sebastianbeck.li/writing/things-i-overheard-at-the-laundromat/https://sebastianbeck.li/writing/things-i-overheard-at-the-laundromat/Six lines, transcribed, no commentary, just the lines.Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTLocal-first, finallyhttps://sebastianbeck.li/writing/local-first-finally/https://sebastianbeck.li/writing/local-first-finally/CRDTs grew up while we weren't looking. Notes on a working setup.Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTA week of Marcus Aurelius before emailhttps://sebastianbeck.li/writing/a-week-of-marcus-aurelius/https://sebastianbeck.li/writing/a-week-of-marcus-aurelius/Reading the Meditations slowly, in the same chair, before the inbox.Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTA tiny, cranky theory of evalshttps://sebastianbeck.li/writing/a-tiny-cranky-theory-of-evals/https://sebastianbeck.li/writing/a-tiny-cranky-theory-of-evals/Most evals measure the wrong thing — quietly, expensively, for years.Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTGarlic confit, and the patience that makes ithttps://sebastianbeck.li/writing/garlic-confit/https://sebastianbeck.li/writing/garlic-confit/An hour, low oil, low heat, then everything tastes better for a week.Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTOn owning fewer things, againhttps://sebastianbeck.li/writing/on-owning-fewer-things-again/https://sebastianbeck.li/writing/on-owning-fewer-things-again/I keep doing this every two years and I keep not finishing.Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT