Reading: The Infinity Machine
Sebastian Mallaby
Sajal Choudhary
I am a platform engineer and a writer based in Finland.
I am also the author of A Year of Mornings, a collection of poems for young adults.
NordLetter
I send out a newsletter once a week about living in Finland + five interesting things I've found on the open web.
Lately
Everything, as it happens — from the garden, the stream, the shelf, and the Nordletter.
November 2026
Watching: Mortal Kombat 2
Simon McQuoid
Watched: Ramayana
Nitish Tiwari · Loved it
Finished: Dust
Hugh Howey · Liked it
Finland has world's highest rate of type 1 diabetes, but cause remains a mystery by
Finland has the highest rate of type 1 diabetes in the world, but experts do not know why. Around 50,000 people in Finland live with the condition, and about 1,000 are diagnosed each year.
We don’t know why.
Watched: The Rookie · Season 6
Alexi Hawley · Liked it
NL 130
A Spot of Sunshine
A Spot of Sunshine Perhaps the thing that I needed the most, as I stepped out of my home today to go to the library was the warm sun on my face. I did not know it, of course. Sunshine The phone showed a crisp four…
I imagine that your energy levels and mood fluctuate during the day. When working on async projects, the smart path is to match your internal energy with the work to be done. Write blog posts when you’re on a post-swim high, pay bills when all you can manage is clerical work.
Makes sense. I have been considering this a few times, though not as seriously to write a note. That would crystallise it a bit.
When do you do a thing. Like what is the optimal time to write, do emails, do deep work and so on. I feel it's the morning for me, to do deep work, whether writing or something else.
Reading: Tell No One
Harlan Coben
Why We Need Certificates for Secure Communication
That's everything — you've reached the very beginning.