https://salm.dev/ Hot takes and cool things en https://salm.dev/now/ What I'm working on, reading, and thinking about right now. Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Nico Salm salm.dev/now/2026-05-31 https://salm.dev/writing/my-wisconsin-experience/ I led UW-Madison's UPL and ran Wisconsin's largest hackathon, and got four years of audacity, whimsy, and absurdity to remember it by. Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Nico Salm https://salm.dev/writing/my-wisconsin-experience/ https://salm.dev/now/2026-04-01/ What I'm working on, reading, and thinking about right now. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Nico Salm salm.dev/now/2026-04-30 https://salm.dev/writing/remote-ssh-with-zed/ How to get Zed's remote SSH working on UW-Madison's CS lab machines (with AFS, load balancers, and all). Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Nico Salm https://salm.dev/writing/remote-ssh-with-zed/ https://salm.dev/writing/from-rivers-rose-empires/ No really, where would we be without them? Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Nico Salm https://salm.dev/writing/from-rivers-rose-empires/ https://salm.dev/writing/create-dont-consume/ We're trading long-term fulfillment for short-term dopamine hits, and each trade makes the next one harder to resist. Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT Nico Salm https://salm.dev/writing/create-dont-consume/ https://salm.dev/writing/winning-pokemon-showdown/ We used game theory to find the mathematically optimal strategies in Pokémon Showdown battles. Sun, 11 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT Nico Salm https://salm.dev/writing/winning-pokemon-showdown/ https://salm.dev/writing/command-line-productivity/ I describe my minimal, focused, keyboard-centric workflow where I do my best work. In other words: I shill Vim. Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT Nico Salm https://salm.dev/writing/command-line-productivity/