4-Good Finds (yes, literally just that)

Greetings, friends.

Here is your weekly dose of 4-Good Finds, a list of what I’m learning and testing.

1/ New word that’s helping me stress less about unfinished projects

Greek has these beautifully compact words that capture entire concepts we can’t express in English. Meraki is one of them.

I’ve started using it as a filter. Before I start something, I ask: “Can I bring meraki to this?” If the answer is no, maybe I shouldn’t be doing it. Or maybe I need to find a way to make it matter.

Simple question. Keeps me honest about what’s worth my time.

2/ If you’ve been wanting to build something and get paid for it - Apify is running a $1M challenge right now.

I don’t usually share stuff like this, but this one felt worth mentioning for anyone here who builds things.

Apify (they make automation tools for AI agents) is looking for people to build and publish “Actors” on their platform. Basically: you build a useful automation tool, publish it on their store, and if people use it, you get paid.

The structure: $2 per active user (capped between $100-$2,000 per tool), weekly $2,000 spotlight awards, and $30K/$20K/$10K for the top 3 builders at the end.

If you’re a developer or someone who tinkers with automations and you’ve been looking for a reason to actually ship something — this might be it. Deadlines have a funny way of making things happen.

Not for everyone, but if this is your thing: https://apify.com/challenge

3/ If your work touches numbers, now or in the future, and you want to learn math properly,

I made a detailed thread that shows a from the ground up math you’ll actually need.

Read here

Math is one of those things I wish someone had been honest with me about earlier.

I struggled with it in school. Turns out my problem wasn’t that I was “bad at math, I just wasn’t doing enough of it. I was reading explanations and watching videos and thinking I understood. I didn’t.

The best way to learn math is to do math. Find a quiet place and do the exercises in each section of the book. As many as you can every single day. Form a habit and stick to it. Get it done.

4/ Casual reminder that Harvard University has recently updated their FREE online classes

Here’s the catalog

Happy learning 🍀

Abi