Something Ends, Something Begins
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Oren Cohen
Software engineer by day, and a gamer and fantasy nerd by night.
It's Time to Ask Forgiveness
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How to Kill a Dream in Three Steps
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The End of My Thirties, Reviews, and Self-Censoring
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I'm Starting a New Publication on Substack
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This Blog Was Never Going to Save Me. But I Still Want to Keep Writing It
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This Isn't The Three-Month Issue I Planned
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Beginner's Guide to Dropout.TV
If you’ve heard of Dropout and you don’t know where to start watching shows on the service, let me help you as a longtime Dropout subscriber. (Last Updated: Aug 2026)
Small Things Compound
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The Best Cure for Burnout Is a Finished Project
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Shinji Finally Has a Reason to Stay | Evangelion Episode 4
No Angel, no fight, and the most important fifty seconds of the series so far.
Shinji Has No Reason to Pilot | Evangelion Episode 3
Father isn't watching. So why is Shinji in that cockpit at all?