Paul Ort

Now (updated July 2026)

Making software at Gusto in NYC
Reachable via e-mail and LinkedIn
Reading and thinking about:
- Technopoly
- The Tech Exit
- The Opt-Out Family
- The End of Education
- Inside the Box
Playing some classical violin and piano

Influences

Books
- The Beginning of Infinity
- Gödel, Escher, Bach
- A World Without Email
- So Good They Can’t Ignore You
- Digital Minimalism
- Code Complete
- The Pragmatic Programmer
- Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests
- Domain-Driven Design
- Seeing Like a State
Ideas
- Deliberate Practice
- eXtreme Programming
- Test-Driven Development
- First Principles
- Zero-Based Budgeting
People
- Jonathan Edwards
- Gustav Mahler
- Leonhard Euler