https://masoud.me/library Videos, podcasts, music, articles and tools Seyed Masoud Hosseini found worth the time. en Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://github.com/github/spec-kit https://masoud.me/library#spec-kit Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT GitHub Code ai agents specs GitHub's open-source toolkit for spec-driven development: write the spec first, then let AI coding agents plan and build from it. The Specify CLI adds /specify, /plan and /tasks commands to Claude Code, Copilot, Gemini and others.

]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTDdIO74BuA https://masoud.me/library#dinner-for-few Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Nassos Vakalis Video A wordless ten-minute animated allegory: a few feast at the table while the many beneath fight over scraps. A sharp, dark look at greed, inequality and how revolutions can repeat the old order.

]]> https://open.spotify.com/track/1ExrPB7L1gek5slOP9ln3F https://masoud.me/library#who-would-follow Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Iyeoka Music A soulful pop song by singer and poet Iyeoka, from her 2016 album Gold. Warm vocals with a spoken-word feel.

]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9N7QaIOkG8 https://masoud.me/library#why-is-it-so-hard-to-escape-poverty-ann-helen-bay Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT TED-Ed Video A TED-Ed animation on the welfare trap: taking a job can cost you benefits worth more than the pay. It explains why this keeps families poor and how programs could be redesigned.

]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPpUzlVt-lg https://masoud.me/library#the-21st-century-brain Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cambridge University Video Cambridge neuroscientist Hannah Critchlow on how technology, AI and modern life are reshaping how we think and connect. Covers brain fog, empathy, power and dealing with uncertainty.

]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8DGjUv-Vjc https://masoud.me/library#minimalism-official-netflix-documentary-entire-film Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Minimalists Video The full Netflix documentary by Matt D'Avella, following people who chose to live with less, from families to a former Wall Street broker. A good way to question how much stuff you actually need.

]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKhsbQcFVwQ https://masoud.me/library#we-re-not-ready-for-biocomputing Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Clarified Mind Video A look at CL1, a computer built from lab-grown human neurons that is learning to play Doom. It asks what is actually doing the learning, and what that means.

]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNHBMFCzznE https://masoud.me/library#after-watching-this-your-brain-will-not-be-the-same-lara-boy Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT TEDx Talks Video Neuroscientist Lara Boyd explains how neuroplasticity lets your brain change every time you learn something. Her main point is that practice, not passive learning, is what reshapes the brain.

]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36m1o-tM05g https://masoud.me/library#my-philosophy-for-a-happy-life-sam-berns-tedxmidatlantic Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT TEDx Talks Video Sam Berns, a teenager with the rare rapid-aging disease progeria, shares his four rules for a happy life. Short, funny and one of the most moving TEDx talks.

]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1L1Hd3xfrU https://masoud.me/library#how-reading-changes-the-way-your-brain-works-bbc-world-servi Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT BBC World Service Video A seven-minute BBC explainer on how learning to read rewired the human brain, and how different languages shape that change. It ends by asking what reading on screens does to us.

]]> https://open.spotify.com/track/34rRFl0bz9PocxWuO2ca5J https://masoud.me/library#music-to-watch-boys-to Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Lana Del Rey Music A slow, dreamy track from Lana Del Rey's 2015 album Honeymoon. Hazy, cinematic and melancholic.

]]> https://open.spotify.com/track/67C8BmjnChmrO3cO09W6cz https://masoud.me/library#noaata-beida Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cairokee, Abdelrahman Roshdy Music An Arabic rock song by the Egyptian band Cairokee with Abdelrahman Roshdy, released in 2017. The title means "white dot".

]]> https://open.spotify.com/track/42P4DNIcQsusSlMPEAQEAv https://masoud.me/library#obsessed-with-your-eyes Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Yasin Lv Music A 2023 alternative single by Yasin Lv. A short, atmospheric love song.

]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H5jDcN2cGQ https://masoud.me/library#asheghaneha Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Arash Fouladvand Video Arash Fouladvand's setting of Rumi's love poems for choir and orchestra, performed live at UNESCO in Paris in 2024. Three vocalists with the Bahar Choir and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Paris-Est.

]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJctVD_oMx4 https://masoud.me/library#how-to-trick-your-brain-into-liking-discipline Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Psyphoria Video Why your brain resists effort and how your surroundings quietly work against you. It draws on Atomic Habits to argue for systems over motivation.

]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLNc13l2pOA https://masoud.me/library#sargashteh Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Setareh Ahmadi Video Sargashteh ("Bewildered"), an instrumental piece composed and played on the setar by Setareh Ahmadi, recorded in Istanbul in 2024. Quiet, meditative Persian music.

]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_-6K7EiZdc https://masoud.me/library#5am-morning-routine-of-a-dad-ceo-hybrid-athlete Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Nick Bare Video Nick Bare, a runner, lifter and founder of Bare Performance Nutrition, walks through his 5am routine. It shows how he fits training, family and running a company into one day.

]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLl3xREFEsY https://masoud.me/library#the-fear-of-being-average Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Verse Creates Video A short, reflective video essay on why being "average" scares us. It argues that most of what we've been told about being ordinary is wrong.

]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVxnz0r9eLo https://masoud.me/library#it-s-time-to-lock-out Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ottilie Video A calm pushback on the "lock in" trend and hustle culture that turns busyness into a goal. Ottilie argues that rest and recharging matter as much as the grind.

]]> https://open.spotify.com/track/1tLIjo0iG79z7fJMSFEZmP https://masoud.me/library#the-hill Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Elvett Music A 2023 pop single by Elvett. Short and melodic, good for quiet background listening.

]]> https://open.spotify.com/track/1lDpoGbcDnY3mTT5VDhRwt https://masoud.me/library#love-is-a-lonely-feeling Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Resa Saffa Park Music A 2026 indie pop song by Resa Saffa Park, from the album Under The Sun. Soft and wistful, about how lonely love can feel.

]]> https://open.spotify.com/track/4hcrAC7GCb5mshlhsSfYZA https://masoud.me/library#take-me-to-the-river Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Kaleida Music London electronic duo Kaleida's slow, moody take on the Al Green classic. Dark, minimal electronic pop from their album Think.

]]> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzxlKUNNLxmEvjCSUAurMReJBZxaLdD1_ https://masoud.me/library#robert-sapolsky-human-behavioral-biology-lectures Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences Playlist biology psychology behavior stanford Robert Sapolsky's Stanford course on the biology behind human behaviour: genes, hormones, the brain and evolution, taught for a general audience.

]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtUCrA1kD2U https://masoud.me/library#how-reading-books-can-protect-and-strengthen-your-brain Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bren Booth-Jones | Folio & Tome Video reading brain learning What brain research says about reading, and three book habits that help keep the brain sharp as you age.

]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk https://masoud.me/library#but-what-is-a-neural-network-deep-learning-chapter-1 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3Blue1Brown Video ai neural-networks A visual intuition for what a neural network is. A good warm-up before Karpathy's lecture 1.

]]> https://github.com/karpathy/micrograd https://masoud.me/library#micrograd Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Andrej Karpathy Code ai backprop python The finished code from lecture 1: a tiny autograd engine (about 100 lines) plus a small neural network library on top. Worth reading after the video.

]]> https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/22/link-blog/ https://masoud.me/library#my-approach-to-running-a-link-blog Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Simon Willison Article writing indieweb How Simon Willison has run his link blog since 2003: always add your own note and credit the people who made the thing. The model for this Library.

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