Welcome to Walker Weekly, a regularly scheduled newsletter where I share things that I find interesting, useful, inspiring, or thought-provoking. If you have anything of your own that falls into these categories, please let me know in the comments! I’m always looking for new inspiration.
Video I’m watching
Mexico City Gentrification (Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan). Mexico City has been on my travel list for a long time now. Should I feel bad about going there now, considering the gentrification that’s occurring? I hate to admit it, but if you saw me on the street in Mexico City you would probably assume that I’m you’re stereotypical late 20s digital nomad tech bro, here to enjoy the local culture, explore the city, eat some spicy tacos, and get more for my dollar – and you wouldn’t be wrong.
That said, is there anywhere where gentrification is not happening? And is it the adventurous tourist who is to blame, or the landlords and owners who are raising the prices?
ChatGPT prompt I’m playing with
From all of our previous interactions, what is something you can tell me about myself that I may not know already?
The magic of this prompt depends entirely on what context ChatGPT has built up about you over time. You can see all of this context in Profile -> Settings -> Personalization -> “Manage” under Memory.
I use ChatGPT almost exclusively for work-related questions, whether that’s help with coding, or designing a database schema, or discussing ideas for how to improve our product. So, what ChatGPT knows about me is almost all work related. With that in mind, here’s what it told me:
You’ve shared quite a bit about your technical expertise, your work with Gluroo, and your role as a data scientist, but one thing that stands out is your clear focus on both the technical and human sides of problem-solving. You’re deeply invested in improving diabetes care through your app, leveraging advanced algorithms and machine learning, but you also focus on the practical, day-to-day challenges users face—like managing Time in Range (TIR) or simplifying onboarding. This balance of high-level technical knowledge with an understanding of human behavior and empathy for users might be more unique than you realize. It’s not just about building tools; you’re also driven to make a meaningful impact on people’s lives, and that’s a rare combination.
Quote I’m pondering
The truth about the world, he said, is that anything is possible. Had you not seen it all from birth and thereby bled it of its strangeness it would appear to you what it is, a hat trick in a medicine show, a fevered dream, a trance bepopulate with chimeras having neither analogue nor precedent, an itinerant carnival, a migratory tentshow whose ultimate destination after many a pitch in many a muddled field is unspeakable and calamitous beyond reckoning.
Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
That’s all for this week, thanks a lot for following along!
Stay curious,
Walker
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