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earlier this year i set out to do some kind of Caveh-esq experiment of writing one recommendation every single day, with the goal of building some kind of weird portrait of myself in public. it's almost like journaling.
i look back on 3 years of writing recommendations for Perfectly Imperfect and see myself changing in real time. my tastes & sensibilities morphing as i age, move to different places, lose my job, etc.
the newsletter was called T-Recs (clever right?) and i stopped after 4 months or so. maybe i got scared of the 1,000 subscribers or something. it felt too high stakes.
however, it feels natural on this site. I can write about liking fridges with magnets & old christmas cards, or my favorite album of all time, and it somehow all works?
so, my 1 rec a day journey continues...
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i wrote about this as the intro for today's editor recs on perfectly imperfect - the first i've done in 8 months - and i think it's the best way to think about recommendation culture and sharing the love.
the ultimate goal of the perfectly imperfect project
Aug 7, 2024
I always feel a bit false when asked to curate recommendations or think of my favorites.
While it's good to take stock of what was truly enriching, it's also nice to think the things I'm actually doing & consuming day in and day out are worthwhile.
And if they're not worth sharing, maybe there are changes to be made.
Feb 11, 2025
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wonderful thing about this platform is the fact that other users can get previous recs you've made suggested to them based on other recs they're exploring. every now and then, i'll get a notification for a rec i made over a year ago and sometimes it's silly things i've recommended, but other times, i have to do a double-take because some of the stuff i've written feels like i got possessed by some sage, extremely eloquent philosopher with decades' worth of experience. i truly appreciate pi.fyi for giving people the opportunity to write passionately and unearth their inner philosophers to share pieces of wisdom and advice with others.
Mar 31, 2025
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this site is pro sincerity
Dec 15, 2023
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tomorrow PI.FYI launches to the public
this project is the result of thousands of hours spent coding everything from scratch after I got laid off six months ago
no thiel-bucks or weirdo outsider money, just a pure desire to make something fun and true to Perfectly Imperfect’s day one goal of helping people find new things from real human beings, not algorithms or AI
a pure labor of love that I’ve been quietly plotting for two years and it’s completely self-funded from my (rapidly) dwindling savings account
so thank you for coming along for this weird ride 🫶 let's see where it goes
Jan 21, 2024
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