Performance marketing, NYC, and intentional living with an analytical lens.https://jackmaguire.org/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/bahn-anh-em-best-banh-mi/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/bahn-anh-em-best-banh-mi/Must go. This is the best bahn mi bread I've ever had, and I'm absolutely coming back for more.Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/best-filter-drip-coffee-east-village/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/best-filter-drip-coffee-east-village/Seven East Village coffee shops evaluated exclusively on the quality of their plain brewed drip coffee.Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/best-ovrride-snowboard-resorts-near-nyc/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/best-ovrride-snowboard-resorts-near-nyc/A ranking for NYC snowboarders using OvRride bus service, optimized for weekday trips, good snow, and uncrowded intermediate terrain.Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/dallas-casual-dining-2026-consensus-picks/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/dallas-casual-dining-2026-consensus-picks/Dining establishments representing agreement among multiple independent food sources, organized across four cuisine categories.Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/five-recommended-nyc-counter-service-dumpling-spots/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/five-recommended-nyc-counter-service-dumpling-spots/A record of five places that show what a dumpling can be when every detail is attended to.Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/how-i-use-ai-to-solve-everyday-problems/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/how-i-use-ai-to-solve-everyday-problems/Using AI research tools to aggregate distributed consensus rather than asking single experts: and why that difference matters.Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/hudson-river-pathway/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/hudson-river-pathway/A walk from the George Washington Bridge down to 96th Street in January.Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/living-in-nyc-recommendations-from-year-one/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/living-in-nyc-recommendations-from-year-one/Not a 'best of' list. Practical insights that improved daily life in the first year.Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/luthun-excels/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/luthun-excels/The food, the wine, the pacing, and the room all felt guided by a steady point of view. One of the best meals I have had in New York.Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/mutual-parasociality-friendships-digital-world/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/mutual-parasociality-friendships-digital-world/Most long-distance friendships have quietly drifted into a state where both people are performing for each other rather than actually being present.Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/my-brother-building-data-platform-fishermen/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/my-brother-building-data-platform-fishermen/Small fishing boats in New England are dying not because of bad seamanship or declining fish stocks, but because they don't have access to the right information at the right time.Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/niacinamide-men-late-30s/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/niacinamide-men-late-30s/A first-person look at what niacinamide does for Caucasian men targeting hyperpigmentation and enlarged pores, based on 65 clinical studies and anchored to the Paula's Choice 10% Niacinamide Booster.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/nyc-hidden-gem-pizza/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/nyc-hidden-gem-pizza/I queried the Google Places API across 100+ NYC neighborhoods for pizza shops with 4.7+ stars and under 200 reviews. Here's the full list.Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/nyc-hidden-gems-research/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/nyc-hidden-gems-research/A research-driven analysis of the city's top-rated and least-reviewed destinations.Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/nyc-memorial-day-local-guide-2026/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/nyc-memorial-day-local-guide-2026/Verified events for Monday May 25 only, with primary source links, start times, addresses, and prices. Organized by borough. Nothing from Midtown.Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/nyc-omakase-price-per-course/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/nyc-omakase-price-per-course/I pulled pricing from 150 active NYC omakase restaurants, cross-validated against The Infatuation, individual websites, and Resy, then sorted by price per course across four natural course-count tiers.Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/nyc-tofu-shops/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/nyc-tofu-shops/A ranked list of 24 tofu retailers and specialty shops across New York City.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/nyc-weekday-lunch-deals-by-borough/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/nyc-weekday-lunch-deals-by-borough/Genuine deals where restaurants use midday hours to fill seats. What separates authentic bargains from marketing gimmicks.Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/sushi-lin-park-slope-omakase/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/sushi-lin-park-slope-omakase/The salmon with tomato was the clear standout. An easy recommendation.Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/the-only-place-skunk-cabbage-ever-lived/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/the-only-place-skunk-cabbage-ever-lived/Skunk cabbage grew in the woods behind my childhood house in Finksburg, Maryland, and nowhere else in the world that I have ever been.Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/theoretical-upper-limit-us-stock-market/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/theoretical-upper-limit-us-stock-market/An analysis of the macroeconomic bounds, equity risk premiums, and structural constraints defining the maximum theoretical valuation of American equities.Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/three-martini-lunch-manhattan/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/three-martini-lunch-manhattan/Five places in Manhattan worth considering for a proper three martini lunch, ranked by what actually matters.Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/top-1000-cocktails/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/top-1000-cocktails/A data-driven statistical ranking of the world’s 1000 most important cocktails, based on aggregate expert lists.Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/wayla-thai-restaurant-nyc/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/wayla-thai-restaurant-nyc/The food is legitimately excellent. That fried branzino alone is worth the trip. But the weekend crowd turns the whole experience into a chaotic numbers game.Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/when-things-fall-apart-pema-chodron/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/when-things-fall-apart-pema-chodron/I read this during a profoundly difficult period. Its value wasn't in fixing anything. It was in teaching me how to be with what was happening.Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/why-analytic-philosophy-has-changed-since-2015/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/why-analytic-philosophy-has-changed-since-2015/A guided tour of the structural turn in analytic philosophy over the last decade: from grounding to consciousness to AI alignment.Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jackmaguire.org/blog/william-gaddis-recognitions/https://jackmaguire.org/blog/william-gaddis-recognitions/The Recognitions started well and then became exhausting. A note on what happened around page 100.Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT