Knowing for Real
A note on the urge to know for real. Not to understand, not to speculate. To actually know.
Thank You Mexico
A chronicle of gratitude for Mexico. The people, the food, and a 2-0 against South Africa that reminded me why.
It's hard not to make everything personal
The reflex of making everything about yourself. A short note on noticing that almost nothing is.
Seeking the treasure
There’s a famous cartoon of a man who gives up an inch from the diamonds. What stopped him?
Can it wait?
There are three kinds of people in the world today. The first has no phone, no social media, no messaging apps. The other two have all of it, but they react in different ways.
The kitchen
A finished dish tells you nothing about the kitchen it came from. A reflection about the Meta AI hack and the gap between what a company promises and what it delivers.
One tool, not the whole kit
AI is the best tool I’ve added to the shed in years. It’s also not the only one, and not as revolutionary as I was sold. A few months going deep, and here’s where the spell broke.
Between languages
This site runs in two languages. Most things translate just fine. Technical writing is a different story. And I learned that the hard way.
Fast by default
Performance is not a technical problem. It’s an architecture one. A look at the setup behind this site and why it scores 100 on mobile.
The audience of one
I caught myself thinking about growing my audience. Honestly, it’s the same thing as yesterday. Fear.
Permission to be bad
The bad work isn’t the price you pay before the real work. It is the real work. A piece about making bad art on purpose and putting it out anyway.
Without a fight
Some friendships don’t end, they just stop. No drama, no one to blame, just two people who became different people.
Something more
Being generous when you have plenty is easy. Real generosity shows up in scarcity, and it asks for something abundance never charges you.
The shortcut
I’m lazy, and for years that paid off, automating everything I could get away with. But some things have no shortcut. A piece about where laziness stops being a tool and becomes the long way around.
Positive on purpose
A positive attitude isn’t a personality trait, it’s a decision you keep making. A short piece about why blowing up your life never fixes the part that’s actually struggling, and why real change is surrender, not revolution.
Blank slate
A blank page isn’t empty, it’s everything that hasn’t happened yet. A short piece about treating that emptiness as innocence instead of pressure, and the courage it takes to step into the unknown.
Dogs and cats
I brought two dogs into the relationship, my fiancée brought two cats. A piece about living with someone who’s wired differently than you. And what dogs and cats have to teach us about people.
The garden
A metaphor from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy about pulling weeds versus planting. And what Buddhism has to do with it.
I didn't want to write today
Didn’t want to write today. Then I remembered someone was reading. Turns out it was never really about me.
This is not for me
Four interviews into a process I’d already mentally quit, I finally said no. A short reflection on job searching in a tough market and knowing when to walk away.
Hello World!
A first post is never just a hello. It’s an act of commitment. Here’s why I built this place and what I hope to put in it.