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A study guide to the system design, storage, distributed systems, concurrency, operating systems, and networking concepts that come up in software engineering interviews, with interactive diagrams.

A three-step skincare routine built on four evidence-backed actives, and what changed when I stopped asking a language model what to add and started asking it to grade the evidence behind each step.

A late-night Fukushima documentary turned into a lesson about fallout, radiation, and the two patches of skin I missed with sunscreen in Jamaica.

A $9 Hetzner server, a persistent tmux session, and an SSH client on a phone turn long-running agent sessions into something you can check on from anywhere.

A field guide to building a prediction-market trading bot — the strategies that died on measurement, the handful that survived, and why most of the work turned out to be killing good-looking ideas before they cost real money.

A practical workflow for coding with AI agents: research first, invite pushback, get a second opinion on the plan, enforce hard rules with hooks, limit what the agent can reach, and manage context before it rots.

A systematic approach to tax-advantaged savings, tax-loss harvesting, credit optimization, and building long-term wealth.

A collection of thoughts that started as scattered notes and refused to stay small.

A curated collection of my favorite cocktails, organized by spirit, with proper techniques and the stories behind them.

Unsolicited budget-travel tips. You're welcome.

Reflections on solo travel and how it's helped shape how I see the world.

A field guide to the Linux commands and debugging techniques that matter most when production systems go sideways.

Thoughts on building real connection through curiosity, presence, and intentional language.

Color vision deficiency isn’t just about what’s missing - it’s a different way of seeing the world, with its own challenges, surprises, and strengths.