blog.singleton.ioadded August 2026
Flurries of latent creativity - Stripe CTO blog22 Mar 2026
“When art critics get together they talk about form and structure and meaning. When artists get together, they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.” — attributed to Pablo Picasso I’ve...
Flurries of latent creativity - Stripe CTO blog17 Mar 2026
I’ve learned over the years that shipping fast compounds exponentially only if you’re also learning fast.
Flurries of latent creativity - Stripe CTO blog14 Jun 2025
Coding agents have crossed a chasm Somewhere in the last few months, something fundamental shifted for me with autonomous AI coding agents.
Flurries of latent creativity - Stripe CTO blog14 Aug 2024
This project began as a quick hack to make use of the cool Pimoroni Inky Pack. I was quickly nerd-sniped into exploring the depths of micropython and power optimization on the Pico.
Flurries of latent creativity - Stripe CTO blog3 Jul 2024
On June 4th Leopold Aschenbrenner dropped a 165 page PDF – “Situational Awareness: The Decade Ahead” – a comprehensive essay series exploring the future trajectory of artificial intelligence...
Flurries of latent creativity - Stripe CTO blog7 Jan 2024
Warning, if you plan to complete Advent of Code 2023, this post contains spoilers so don’t read it until you’re done.
Flurries of latent creativity - Stripe CTO blog2 Jan 2024
Warning, if you plan to complete Advent of Code 2023, this post contains spoilers so don’t read it until you’re done. This was my second year completing Advent of Code live during December.
Flurries of latent creativity - Stripe CTO blog20 Jun 2023
Irish stew There are many recipes for irish stew on the Internet, but not a single one that comes close to the stew my mum makes. This is her recipe.
Flurries of latent creativity - Stripe CTO blog19 Jun 2023
Lamb al asador is a classic Patagonian method of barbecue with a whole lamb flayed and hung on an asado cross over an open fire.
Flurries of latent creativity - Stripe CTO blog14 Jan 2023
The contest Advent of Code is an advent calendar of programming puzzles made by Eric Wastl. It’s been going since 2015 and really gained popularity in 2020.
Flurries of latent creativity - Stripe CTO blog17 Oct 2022
I recently took delivery of a new replacement logic board for the ubiquitous classic Casio F-91W from Sensor Watch. The F-91W needs no introduction.
Flurries of latent creativity - Stripe CTO blog31 Aug 2022
As you’ll know if you follow me on Twitter, I’ve been kindof obsessed with the text-to-image GPT models OpenAI released as DALL-E recently.
Flurries of latent creativity - Stripe CTO blog5 Jun 2022
Yeast-leavened round flatbreads baked from wheat flour, common in the Mediterranean, Middle East, and neighboring areas.
Flurries of latent creativity - Stripe CTO blog4 Jun 2022
Delicious Japanese savory pancake. Okonomiyaki Ingredients - 3 tbsp vegetable oil - 100g green cabbage, finely sliced - 2 rashers smoked streaky bacon - 100g plain flour - 4 large eggs - 300 ml...
Flurries of latent creativity - Stripe CTO blog30 May 2022
If you’ve ever enjoyed a Luau in Hawaii, chances are that the pièce de résistance was delicious melt-in-the-mouth Kālua Pork which is often served as the centrepiece of the Luau feast.
Flurries of latent creativity - Stripe CTO blog1 May 2022
Olive and rosemary focaccia Ingredients - 7 grams (1 envelope) active dry yeast - 625g bread flour - 2 1/2 cups lukewarm water - 2 tsp honey or caster sugar - 5 tsp salt for dough - 2 tsp flaky sea...
Flurries of latent creativity - Stripe CTO blog13 Feb 2022
Aloo Gobi Indian spiced potatoes and cauliflower. Ingredients - 2 potatoes - 1 whole cauliflower - 1 onion - 2 diced tomatoes - 1 tsp turmeric - 1 tbsp minced ginger - 3 cloves minced garlic - 1...
Flurries of latent creativity - Stripe CTO blog29 Jan 2022
Brioche burger buns Ingredients - 7g active dry yeast - 1 tsp sugar (to bloom the yeast) - 50g water (lukewarm) - 80g milk (lukewarm) - 300g all purpose flour - 1 large egg for the dough - 1 egg...
Flurries of latent creativity - Stripe CTO blog3 Jan 2022
TLDR? You can find the code and a bunch of examples on GitHub at dps/rust-raytracer. Over the holiday break, I decided to learn Rust.
Flurries of latent creativity - Stripe CTO blog12 Dec 2021
I’m David Singleton. This is my personal website / blog. You can find my professional profile on LinkedIn.
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