Blog

Notes on building software, and building a life alongside it.

You Should Be Dating on Facebook Marketplace

Facebook built a dating tab. One tab over, it accidentally built a better one.

March 7, 2026 product

The Key to Burning Out

A framework for seniority that hopefully resonates with you.

February 9, 2026 careergrowth

The Monthly Self-Interview

I recorded myself answering the same questions on the first of every month for the past year. I'd highly recommend it!

January 3, 2026 miscpersonal

Rebuilding This Site for 2026

Why I traded a custom-built static site for Astro, MDX, and a better way to share technical ideas.

December 28, 2025 techweb-devastro

On Tradition, and How to Make Homemade Pasta

Step by step guide to making homemade pasta every year.

December 27, 2025 foodmisc

25

Another reflection on growing older, written at Stella and Fly on the Upper East Side.

October 1, 2025 miscpersonal

Conversational Baseball

Nine innings with the right people doesn't feel so long. Why is that?

September 18, 2025 misc

Coming, Sprinting, Leaving, Learning

Stories told at the end of an era.

September 15, 2025 careermisc

Time Well Spent

What is the shape of your social environment, and what's missing from it?

February 17, 2025 miscpersonal

Occupational Storytelling

The most important narrative you own is the story of how you can be demonstrably excellent.

January 25, 2025 careerjellyfish

Slingshot

What makes a New Year's Resolution "good"?

December 31, 2024 miscpersonal

The Click

Learning is built on realizations all the way down.

November 16, 2024 personalmisc

Habitual Regret

The only thing that's constant is change, and the feeling that I should have changed sooner.

October 7, 2024 personalmisc

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A reflection on growing older, written at Stella and Fly on the Upper East Side.

October 1, 2024 miscpersonal

The Unexpected Challenge of Buying Bread

Sesame flour is everywhere, haven't you noticed?

August 11, 2024 miscallergiespolicy

Hindrances

What prevents us from doing anything at all?

February 8, 2024 personalmisc

The Best Stocks to Buy Right Now

Enter the world of automatically refreshing content with AI.

November 19, 2023 gen-aiproductivity

The Stolen iPhone Playbook

My phone got stolen in New York. Here's what you should do if this happens to you.

November 13, 2023 securityunrelatedadvice

The Birth of a Yoyo → Part 1

Let's talk about how to create one of the most popular toys in the world.

June 25, 2023 yoyoingdesign#boay

Capture the Flag

An online, async Capture the Flag game. Hosted on this webpage.

November 21, 2022 hackingsystems

Why The Links On My Website Turn Pink

Favorite colors and digital breadcrumbs.

January 28, 2022 techunrelated

Creating Music Metrics and Modeling Artist Relationships with Spotify's API

I love two things more than anything- music and computer science. Let's use Spotify's API to combine the two! Topics include Music Recommendation, Discography Ranking, creating a Graph of Related Artists, finding the shortest path between two artists, & more!

December 12, 2020 productivitymusicdata-science

I asked 50 strangers to make up a new word. This is my new Internet Lexicon.

Curious to see strangers' creative ability, I went on Omegle and asked 50 participants to create a new word, and tell me what it means.

November 25, 2020 tiktokmisccreative

The HotPlot- A Fun Way to Prioritize Ideas

Everyone wants a way to prioritize their ideas and side projects, but doing so often feels tedious and unhelpful. Introducing the HotPlot, a way to organize your thoughts that feels right.

July 8, 2020 productivity

Joyful Kotlin- The Class You Never Knew You Needed

Kotlin is a language that runs on the JVM, is supported (and recommended) for android development, and has extensive syntax support for important concepts like null safety, concurrent / parallel processes and static typing. Why isn't it being taught in more CS curriculum?

June 3, 2020 educationkotlin

Why You Should Intern At A Startup

Working for a startup may not give you immediate prestige on your resume, but it does teach you valuable opportunities and skills that large companies simply cannot offer.

May 18, 2020 careeradvice

The Importance of a Good README

How a well-written GitHub README can make your project more successful.

May 17, 2020 gitproductivity

Privacy First Contact Tracing, in Layman's Terms

In order to re-open the economy in the fastest and least-damaging way possible, contact tracing applications will play a huge roll. But how do these apps work, and how do they protect our personal information?

May 17, 2020 securitycoronaviruscryptography