Lars Yencken

Engineering leader in AI safety.
Melbourne, Tokyo, Stockholm, Oxford, Geneva.

Posts

• 12 Nov 2026 Have AI timelines suddenly moved?
• 26 Dec 2025 2025 in review
• 24 Jan 2025 All software is either maintained or abandoned
• 8 Sept 2024 Exploring the world's countries
• 16 Jul 2024 Three ways to store hierarchical data in SQL
• 16 Mar 2024 Life expectancy is a distribution
• 28 Feb 2024 In praise of Nushell
• 19 Feb 2024 The best code is pseudocode
• 12 Feb 2024 Which countries have the best public schools?
• 7 Jan 2024 The dream of abundant computing
• 1 Jan 2024 The fresh start effect
• 6 Nov 2023 Post-scarcity optimism in science fiction
• 10 Nov 2022 Experimenting with LXC containers
• 5 Oct 2022 Debugging like a scientist
• 3 Dec 2021 Ten years of measurement
• 26 May 2020 Learning to code with the imagiCharm
• 28 Jan 2018 A Great Farewell
• 18 Apr 2017 Reading: Grit by Angela Duckworth
• 28 Sept 2016 Review: Krydda hydroponic unit
• 2 Oct 2015 Python 3.5 and asyncio
• 14 Dec 2014 The Habit Clock
• 30 Sept 2014 Insects as food
• 8 Aug 2014 Using attention well
• 17 Jul 2014 Chance and acceptance
• 5 Jul 2014 Working on long-running tasks
• 13 Apr 2014 PyCon 2014 Recap
• 12 Mar 2014 Data release: language confusion
• 25 Jan 2014 Revisiting Linux on a MacBook Pro
• 5 Dec 2013 Working one-handed
• 9 Nov 2013 Marelle: logic programming for devops
• 8 Sept 2013 A great language update
• 4 Sept 2013 ¡Qué día!
• 1 Sept 2013 The Great Language Game
• 20 Jun 2013 The professional learner
• 19 Mar 2013 77 days of measurement
• 8 Jul 2012 Learning languages
• 19 Feb 2012 On naming
• 5 Nov 2011 Pathfinding like a pro