Herman's blog

What I’m doing right now

What is this?

Here I keep an up-to-date list of the things I'm focusing on and what I'm doing. Think of it as a more relevant and interesting "About" page. Inspired by nownownow.com.

Last updated 2 weeks, 2 days ago from my apartment in Cape Town

It's cool and wet in Cape Town right now and I spend most of my time in my wooly slippers, with the odd social dinner and sauna. I'm in a good work zone and have been enjoying the slower pace of life post-travel.

Post dinner cleanup Post-dinner cleanup

Refining and improving Bear

Bear is growing by the day, and my focus for the next few year is to ensure the longevity of the platform. Currently this work revolves around scaling the infrastructure, and making sure that the discovery feed doesn't become too cluttered and remains a cozy virtual neighbourhood for the Bear community.

I wrote The Bear Manifesto which details my philosophy and plans for the platform.

Autonomous agents are becoming a problem on the internet, and my job has had to evolve to combatting them at scale from slopifying the platform.

Other

I'm currently reading What I talk about when I talk about running by Haruki Murakami.

I also co-host a podcast with Jason every other week.