Kevin Lin builds tools for humans and agents.https://kevinslin.com/https://kevinslin.com/posts/hello-world/https://kevinslin.com/posts/hello-world/First post on the new blog — how this site works.Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTmetablogginghttps://kevinslin.com/posts/using-images-with-imagekit/https://kevinslin.com/posts/using-images-with-imagekit/How media works on this blog — upload to ImageKit, reference the CDN URL.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTmetaimagekithttps://kevinslin.com/posts/the-feynman-algorithm/https://kevinslin.com/posts/the-feynman-algorithm/Sun, 02 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTtilhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/unlimited-power-review/https://kevinslin.com/posts/unlimited-power-review/This book is as self help as self help books go. If followed to the letter - it can also change your life.Sun, 02 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTbookshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/on-wanting/https://kevinslin.com/posts/on-wanting/Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTthoughtshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/the-originof-consciousnessinthe-breakdownofthe-bicameral-mind/https://kevinslin.com/posts/the-originof-consciousnessinthe-breakdownofthe-bicameral-mind/Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMTbookshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/the-drama-of-the-gifted-child/https://kevinslin.com/posts/the-drama-of-the-gifted-child/Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTbookshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/my-values/https://kevinslin.com/posts/my-values/Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTtilselfhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/typescript-paths/https://kevinslin.com/posts/typescript-paths/Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTtildevhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/2025-open-source-llm-interfaces/https://kevinslin.com/posts/2025-open-source-llm-interfaces/Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTtilllmhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/2024-review/https://kevinslin.com/posts/2024-review/Sun, 02 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTthoughtshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/migrating-from-webflow-to-s3/https://kevinslin.com/posts/migrating-from-webflow-to-s3/Fri, 17 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMTtilwebtechhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/making-peace/https://kevinslin.com/posts/making-peace/Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTthoughtshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/how-to-get-filthy-rich-in-rising-asia/https://kevinslin.com/posts/how-to-get-filthy-rich-in-rising-asia/Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTbookshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/the-power-of-now/https://kevinslin.com/posts/the-power-of-now/Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTbookshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/longcuts/https://kevinslin.com/posts/longcuts/Sun, 15 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTthoughtsllmhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/coding-and-llms/https://kevinslin.com/posts/coding-and-llms/Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTtilprojectsllmhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/seattle-to-sf-guide/https://kevinslin.com/posts/seattle-to-sf-guide/Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTtiletchttps://kevinslin.com/posts/how-to-work-with-me/https://kevinslin.com/posts/how-to-work-with-me/Mon, 29 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTtilselfhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/nonviolent-communications/https://kevinslin.com/posts/nonviolent-communications/Fri, 19 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTbookshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/crucial-conversations/https://kevinslin.com/posts/crucial-conversations/Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTbookshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/the-untethered-soul/https://kevinslin.com/posts/the-untethered-soul/Sun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTbookshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/learned-optimism/https://kevinslin.com/posts/learned-optimism/Sat, 04 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTbookshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/memory-db/https://kevinslin.com/posts/memory-db/Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTtilawshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/martha-beck/https://kevinslin.com/posts/martha-beck/Sat, 20 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTtilreviewhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/email-deliverability/https://kevinslin.com/posts/email-deliverability/Thu, 11 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTtilwebtechhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/ycw21-to-ycw24/https://kevinslin.com/posts/ycw21-to-ycw24/Thu, 11 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTtiladvicehttps://kevinslin.com/posts/yc-app/https://kevinslin.com/posts/yc-app/Thu, 04 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTtiladvicehttps://kevinslin.com/posts/context-dependent-painkiller/https://kevinslin.com/posts/context-dependent-painkiller/Fri, 29 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTtilstartuphttps://kevinslin.com/posts/dd-private-link/https://kevinslin.com/posts/dd-private-link/Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTtildatadoghttps://kevinslin.com/posts/hugh-howey/https://kevinslin.com/posts/hugh-howey/Sat, 23 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTtilreviewhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/warpstream-pricing/https://kevinslin.com/posts/warpstream-pricing/Fri, 22 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTtilreviewhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/the-tao-te-ching/https://kevinslin.com/posts/the-tao-te-ching/Sat, 09 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTbookshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/frugal-architect/https://kevinslin.com/posts/frugal-architect/Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTthoughtshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/claire-johnson/https://kevinslin.com/posts/claire-johnson/Wed, 06 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTtilhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/glucose-monitoring-and-levels/https://kevinslin.com/posts/glucose-monitoring-and-levels/Mon, 12 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTtiletchttps://kevinslin.com/posts/gmail-alias-bad-for-delivery/https://kevinslin.com/posts/gmail-alias-bad-for-delivery/Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTtiletchttps://kevinslin.com/posts/hn-launch/https://kevinslin.com/posts/hn-launch/Tue, 30 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTtilstartuphttps://kevinslin.com/posts/ph-launch/https://kevinslin.com/posts/ph-launch/Tue, 30 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTtilstartuphttps://kevinslin.com/posts/storyworthy/https://kevinslin.com/posts/storyworthy/Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTbookshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/datadog-tagging/https://kevinslin.com/posts/datadog-tagging/Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTtildatadoghttps://kevinslin.com/posts/cloudwatch-custom-metric/https://kevinslin.com/posts/cloudwatch-custom-metric/Sun, 14 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTtilawspapercuthttps://kevinslin.com/posts/the-body-keeps-score/https://kevinslin.com/posts/the-body-keeps-score/Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMTbookshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/to-be-seen/https://kevinslin.com/posts/to-be-seen/Sat, 09 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMTthoughtshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/across-the-obelisk-review/https://kevinslin.com/posts/across-the-obelisk-review/Sat, 02 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMTtilreviewhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/datadog-log-search/https://kevinslin.com/posts/datadog-log-search/Sat, 14 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMTtilo11tyhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/vector-gotchas/https://kevinslin.com/posts/vector-gotchas/Sat, 14 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMTtilo11tyhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/2023-09-17-weekly-review/https://kevinslin.com/posts/2023-09-17-weekly-review/Sun, 17 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMTtilhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/build/https://kevinslin.com/posts/build/Tue, 11 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMTbookshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/purple-cow/https://kevinslin.com/posts/purple-cow/Tue, 11 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMTbookshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/format-md-links/https://kevinslin.com/posts/format-md-links/Sat, 08 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMTtilpapercutvscodehttps://kevinslin.com/posts/on-logs/https://kevinslin.com/posts/on-logs/Thu, 22 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTtildevopshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/on-observability/https://kevinslin.com/posts/on-observability/Sun, 18 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTtildevopshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/cloudformation-vs-apis/https://kevinslin.com/posts/cloudformation-vs-apis/Tue, 13 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTtilawshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/llms/https://kevinslin.com/posts/llms/Sun, 28 May 2023 00:00:00 GMTtilllmhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/prune-git-repo/https://kevinslin.com/posts/prune-git-repo/Sun, 21 May 2023 00:00:00 GMTtilgithttps://kevinslin.com/posts/stdout-in-vscode/https://kevinslin.com/posts/stdout-in-vscode/Thu, 18 May 2023 00:00:00 GMTtilvscodehttps://kevinslin.com/posts/natural-language-sql/https://kevinslin.com/posts/natural-language-sql/Tue, 16 May 2023 00:00:00 GMTtilschemashttps://kevinslin.com/posts/gpt-link-organizer/https://kevinslin.com/posts/gpt-link-organizer/Fri, 12 May 2023 00:00:00 GMTtilllmhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/docs-related-ideas/https://kevinslin.com/posts/docs-related-ideas/Tue, 02 May 2023 00:00:00 GMTtilschemasideashttps://kevinslin.com/posts/static-site-generators/https://kevinslin.com/posts/static-site-generators/Mon, 01 May 2023 00:00:00 GMTtilwebtechstatus-draftstage-seedhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/simon-datasette-blog/https://kevinslin.com/posts/simon-datasette-blog/Fri, 28 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMTtildevhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/tim-ferris-tara-b-ryan-h-maria-p/https://kevinslin.com/posts/tim-ferris-tara-b-ryan-h-maria-p/Sun, 06 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMTtilhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/slack-is-the-modern-knowledge-base/https://kevinslin.com/posts/slack-is-the-modern-knowledge-base/Javascript is the most popular programming language in 2022. Markdown is the most widely used markup. The browser has become the universal virtual machine. Slack is the modern knowledge base.Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMTthoughtskmhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/product-market-fit/https://kevinslin.com/posts/product-market-fit/The ONLY job of a startup founder is getting to product market fit.Sat, 22 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMTthoughtsbusinesshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/chef/https://kevinslin.com/posts/chef/Thu, 22 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMTtilstartupstartupshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/cloud-wars-company-wars-and-innovating-through-change/https://kevinslin.com/posts/cloud-wars-company-wars-and-innovating-through-change/Sat, 17 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMTtilhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/how-to-find-product-market-sales-fit/https://kevinslin.com/posts/how-to-find-product-market-sales-fit/Sat, 17 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMTtilbusiness-pmfhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/path-handling-in-vscode/https://kevinslin.com/posts/path-handling-in-vscode/Sat, 10 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMTtilmwhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/learning-from-open-source-communities/https://kevinslin.com/posts/learning-from-open-source-communities/Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMTtilgrowthhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/ebpf/https://kevinslin.com/posts/ebpf/Wed, 17 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMTtiltechhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/rakuten/https://kevinslin.com/posts/rakuten/Wed, 17 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMTtilhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/ed-thorp/https://kevinslin.com/posts/ed-thorp/Sun, 14 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMTtilhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/event-marketing/https://kevinslin.com/posts/event-marketing/Sun, 14 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMTtilhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/russ-roberts/https://kevinslin.com/posts/russ-roberts/Fri, 12 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMTtilhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/luis-von-ahn/https://kevinslin.com/posts/luis-von-ahn/Thu, 11 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMTtilhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/moderating-discussion/https://kevinslin.com/posts/moderating-discussion/Thu, 11 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMTtilpeoplehttps://kevinslin.com/posts/scaling-1-to-10/https://kevinslin.com/posts/scaling-1-to-10/Wed, 10 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMTtilgrowthhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/on-suffering/https://kevinslin.com/posts/on-suffering/Sun, 22 May 2022 00:00:00 GMTthoughtspsychhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/on-writing/https://kevinslin.com/posts/on-writing/The waterboarding of the ego. The crushing of the soul. The realization that I can't spell. What I mean when I talk about writing.Mon, 02 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMTthoughtspkmhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/dendron-superfast-notetaking/https://kevinslin.com/posts/dendron-superfast-notetaking/Building a better tool for thoughtTue, 16 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTpkmhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/ultron-development/https://kevinslin.com/posts/ultron-development/Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTthoughtssoftwarehttps://kevinslin.com/posts/cloud-providers/https://kevinslin.com/posts/cloud-providers/Tue, 23 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMTthoughtshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/hierarchal-tool-for-thought/https://kevinslin.com/posts/hierarchal-tool-for-thought/What I mean when I talk about HierarchySun, 25 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMTpkmhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/a-hierarchy-first-approach-to-note-taking/https://kevinslin.com/posts/a-hierarchy-first-approach-to-note-taking/Using hierarchy to manage information overloadMon, 24 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMTpkmhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/20200621-weekly-review/https://kevinslin.com/posts/20200621-weekly-review/Opinions and Facts, Power and Accountability, Wonder and AweSun, 21 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMTthoughtshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/20200607-weekly-review/https://kevinslin.com/posts/20200607-weekly-review/George Floyd, Antifragile Democracy, and Chekhov's GunSun, 07 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMTthoughtshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/20200531-weekly-review/https://kevinslin.com/posts/20200531-weekly-review/Nature vs Nurture, The Sum of Parts, and Character in CrisisSun, 31 May 2020 00:00:00 GMTthoughtshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/20200524-weekly-review/https://kevinslin.com/posts/20200524-weekly-review/Cognitive Technology, Economics of Open Source, and the State of PodcastingSun, 24 May 2020 00:00:00 GMTthoughtshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/20200517-weekly-review/https://kevinslin.com/posts/20200517-weekly-review/Second-system effect, Tools of Thought, Twitter ListsSun, 17 May 2020 00:00:00 GMTthoughtshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/20200510-weekly-review/https://kevinslin.com/posts/20200510-weekly-review/Structured Knowledge Management, Retrospectives and Using (aw)lessSun, 10 May 2020 00:00:00 GMTthoughtshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/weekly-review/https://kevinslin.com/posts/weekly-review/Highlights of things I've been thinking and working on over the weekSun, 03 May 2020 00:00:00 GMTthoughtshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/its-not-you-its-your-knowledge-base/https://kevinslin.com/posts/its-not-you-its-your-knowledge-base/Thoughts on organizing and finding information in a digital ageMon, 30 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMTpkmmanifestohttps://kevinslin.com/posts/everything-i-learned-from-aws-consulting/https://kevinslin.com/posts/everything-i-learned-from-aws-consulting/Thoughts and learnings from 1 year as an AWS consultantMon, 06 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMTawsbusinesshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/reinvent-recap/https://kevinslin.com/posts/reinvent-recap/Everything you need to know about re:Invent 2019Thu, 12 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMTawsreInventserverlessnetworkingcomputedataenterprisetoolshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/open-cdk-guide/https://kevinslin.com/posts/open-cdk-guide/Publishing an open source CDK guide with an opionated set of tips and best practices for working with the CDKThu, 08 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMTawscdkopensourcehttps://kevinslin.com/posts/tale-of-two-buckets/https://kevinslin.com/posts/tale-of-two-buckets/The story of a bad multi-account deployment and the ensuing investigation to find the truth. A tale of intrigue, identity and access.Wed, 17 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMTawscoehipaadevopss3cloudfrontathenaiamcloudwatchgovernancescplambda@edgeaws organizationhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/cdk-all-the-things/https://kevinslin.com/posts/cdk-all-the-things/Ever wanted to provision AWS infrastructure with the expressivity of python, the type safety of java and the declarative nuance of CloudFormation?Wed, 12 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMTawscdkdevopscloudformationhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/no-reservations/https://kevinslin.com/posts/no-reservations/EC2 Reserved Instances (RIs) are probably the most effective way of reducing your AWS bill by as much as 75% but are underutilized because of perceived complexity and lock in. We explore what RIs are all about and what you want to consider when purchasing RIs.Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMTawsec2ricost_savingshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/building-sls-apps/https://kevinslin.com/posts/building-sls-apps/Slides to my talk on serverless, answering age old questions such as: Serverless, what is it? Why Care? How do you scale it?Thu, 28 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMTawslambdaserverlessscalingtalkhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/podcasting-setup/https://kevinslin.com/posts/podcasting-setup/My setup and process for podcastingMon, 25 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMTthoughtspodcasthowtohttps://kevinslin.com/posts/lambda-cold-start-idle/https://kevinslin.com/posts/lambda-cold-start-idle/An investigation of how long a Lambda can idle before a cold start. Benchmarks includes Lambdas from 128MB all the way up to 3008MB across multiple regions.Mon, 04 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMTawslambdabenchmarkhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/aws-account-access-policies/https://kevinslin.com/posts/aws-account-access-policies/An exploration of various AWS managed read-only IAM policies. Understand what they do and how to apply them to your account the next time you have a third party access your AWS account.Fri, 18 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMTawshowtosecurityiamhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/chance/https://kevinslin.com/posts/chance/Sun, 13 May 2018 00:00:00 GMTthoughtshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/why-i-write/https://kevinslin.com/posts/why-i-write/Sat, 10 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMTthoughtsmetahttps://kevinslin.com/posts/abstractions-part-1/https://kevinslin.com/posts/abstractions-part-1/Tue, 20 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMTthoughtshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/pelotone/https://kevinslin.com/posts/pelotone/Wed, 31 May 2017 00:00:00 GMTthoughtsteamshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/thoughts-on-asia/https://kevinslin.com/posts/thoughts-on-asia/Fri, 13 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMTthoughtsetchttps://kevinslin.com/posts/vr/https://kevinslin.com/posts/vr/Wed, 31 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMTthoughtsfuturevrhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/what-losing-my-luggage-in-nepal-taught-me-about-decision-making/https://kevinslin.com/posts/what-losing-my-luggage-in-nepal-taught-me-about-decision-making/Sun, 03 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMTthoughtslessonhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/why-i-choose-vim/https://kevinslin.com/posts/why-i-choose-vim/Fri, 25 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMTthoughtstoolsdevhttps://kevinslin.com/posts/sunk-costs/https://kevinslin.com/posts/sunk-costs/Thu, 22 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMTthoughtshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/do-you-remember/https://kevinslin.com/posts/do-you-remember/Sun, 03 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMTthoughtshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/personal-cloud-computing/https://kevinslin.com/posts/personal-cloud-computing/Sun, 29 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMTthoughtscloudfuturehttps://kevinslin.com/posts/growing-up-and-doing-dishes/https://kevinslin.com/posts/growing-up-and-doing-dishes/Sat, 17 May 2014 00:00:00 GMTthoughtshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/how-are-you/https://kevinslin.com/posts/how-are-you/Sun, 19 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMTthoughtshttps://kevinslin.com/posts/update-s3-deletionpolicy/https://kevinslin.com/posts/update-s3-deletionpolicy/Sun, 12 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMTthoughtsawscloudhowtohttps://kevinslin.com/posts/noticing-the-trees-among-the-forest/https://kevinslin.com/posts/noticing-the-trees-among-the-forest/Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMTthoughtsetchttps://kevinslin.com/posts/i-have-a-plan/https://kevinslin.com/posts/i-have-a-plan/Tue, 03 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMTthoughtsetchttps://kevinslin.com/posts/uno/https://kevinslin.com/posts/uno/Mon, 26 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMTthoughtsetc