teamtaeNotes on sports, education, investment, books, and technology.https://teamtae.com/Brown's Open Curriculum Isn't Actually Freedom From Structurehttps://teamtae.com/blog/brown-open-curriculum/https://teamtae.com/blog/brown-open-curriculum/No core requirements sounds like no requirements at all. The real story is a different kind of structure, one that depends on eroding infrastructure.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTeducationbrown universityopen curriculumcollege choiceCLEP Exams Are Not a Shortcut to Knowledge You Don't Havehttps://teamtae.com/blog/clep-explained/https://teamtae.com/blog/clep-explained/The College Board's other credit-by-exam program gets a fraction of AP's attention. Used for the right reason, it's actually the more useful of the two.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTeducationclepcollege creditexam strategyWhy Static Sites Are Having a Moment Againhttps://teamtae.com/blog/static-sites-are-back/https://teamtae.com/blog/static-sites-are-back/The pendulum that swung from static HTML to heavy client-side apps and back to server rendering has swung again — and this time it's landed somewhere better.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTtechnologyweb devastroNotes on Thinking, Fast and Slowhttps://teamtae.com/blog/thinking-fast-and-slow-notes/https://teamtae.com/blog/thinking-fast-and-slow-notes/The System 1 / System 2 framing is famous enough to be misunderstood. A few ideas from the book that are easy to miss on a skim.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTbookspsychologydecision-makingTime in the Market vs. Timing the Market, Revisitedhttps://teamtae.com/blog/time-in-market-revisited/https://teamtae.com/blog/time-in-market-revisited/The cliche is true, but the usual explanation for why undersells how much it depends on missing a small number of specific days.Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTinvestmentmarketslong-term investingThe Difference Between Studying and Practicinghttps://teamtae.com/blog/studying-vs-practicing/https://teamtae.com/blog/studying-vs-practicing/Rereading notes feels like learning. Retrieving them from memory is what actually builds it. They are not the same activity.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTeducationlearningmemoryWhat Marginal Gains Actually Look Like in Traininghttps://teamtae.com/blog/marginal-gains-in-training/https://teamtae.com/blog/marginal-gains-in-training/The 'marginal gains' idea from British Cycling gets quoted a lot and applied badly. Here's what it actually requires.Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTsportstrainingperformance