What I learned this week 2026/35

Solving the Gordian Knot without a sword

Alexander the Great cut the Gordian Knot. That's the story everybody knows.

But there's a second version.

The knot bound two crossed wooden rods. Alexander saw that if he pulled one rod free, the rope's hidden ends would come loose. He untied it.

Both stories are worth telling: sometimes you cut the knot, and sometimes you understand the knot.

Print your own magazine

You can print your own single-issue magazine for about 23€. That covers 50 full-color pages and shipping.

Some services even offer an API. You could write software that mails you all your open tabs as a magazine each quarter.