Essays
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August 17, 2024
Why I study math -
August 8, 2024
To move fast, move slow -
July 19, 2024
Opinions -
June 21, 2024
Teaching ideas, not just results -
June 13, 2024
How to construct a puzzle -
October 1, 2023
Use the most specific word possible -
September 24, 2023
On advice: direction and magnitude -
September 15, 2023
Good writing is about standards -
August 23, 2023
Be around smart people -
July 30, 2023
The break-in is all in my head -
July 25, 2023
Puzzle Construction -
July 3, 2023
Mathematical objects are their properties -
April 11, 2023
Competence -
March 27, 2023
Idea Density -
March 21, 2023
ChatGPT, by ChatGPT -
February 17, 2023
ChatGPT -
January 25, 2023
Creative processes make me optimistic -
January 15, 2023
Creating -
December 26, 2022
Another way to tell if your contest format sucks -
October 22, 2022
Write what you don’t believe -
October 4, 2022
Math Club -
September 10, 2022
How to end an essay -
August 30, 2022
Fast vs. short -
August 27, 2022
What does the president do? -
August 25, 2022
Notes -
August 5, 2022
Ideas and Mechanics -
August 3, 2022
My taste in math contests -
June 24, 2022
Does your contest format suck? -
April 23, 2022
Two Kinds of Bad -
April 21, 2022
To parents: stop emailing me -
April 12, 2022
What “Testsolving” Means -
March 31, 2022
English class is intellectually dishonest -
March 15, 2022
Causative Assessments -
February 24, 2022
Write for Smart People -
January 29, 2022
Settling for Mediocrity -
January 26, 2022
Hard Classes -
January 6, 2022
Force Multipliers -
December 6, 2021
Modifiers -
December 6, 2021
Reread -
September 22, 2021
Hook -
September 16, 2021
Framework