Bulletproof Focus

Draw small circles. Plan two steps. Take small bites.

The title of this website comes from a surprisingly durable essay I wrote: the quiet art of attention. Extremely popular on Hacker News and highly requested every time I take it down for a couple of days.

By the way, I'm Bill. Yes, I write code, tests, doc, marketing content, help screens, and manpages.

But mostly, I build lasting relationships with developers and tech writers, because they're my favorite people.

Get to know me through my GitHub repos.

Here’s an idea for a unique CLI video that talks about some little-known, underused options for grep that cut down on complex piping.

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