How to Make Deep Work Relevant to You
I have read Cal Newport’s Deep Work, and while the concept is insightful, I’ve been wrestling with how to actually apply it when you are still searching for your direction.
6 min
Writing
Technical writing on software engineering, systems architecture, and developer tooling.
2026
The Unison
A promise is given to that which ought to have been.
1 min
The Cranking Machine and the Thinking Process
Is there fundamentally a trade-off between speed and quality when solving problems with code?
2 min
36 Statements for Good Code
A Recipe from History, Research, and Reality
3 min
Effort Has a Structure
Why Grit Isn't Enough
2 min
Boring by Design
The Full-Stack TypeScript Stack I Actually Ship With
7 min
Another Year
Birthdays used to feel like arrival points.
1 min
Unsettled
I can’t say my life is fine.
1 min
Bridging Runtime Uncertainty and Compile-Time Guarantees
An examination of how runtime input is progressively constrained into compile-time guarantees using TypeScript’s type system
6 min
Tempering Ambition
Self-Awareness
1 min
How programming language paradigms actually emerge
A short history of complexity, abstraction, and constraint
5 min
Explicit Errors and Functional Cores
Building Predictable Systems in TypeScript
9 min
Scarcity in a World of Plenty
Every era believes it has arrived at the edge of a new world.
2 min
Now I Know – Tech Terms
Welcome to the second post in “Now I know - Tech Terms!”
1 min
AI Can Explain New Words
But Habits Make Them Stick
1 min
Why AI Loves the Em Dash (—)
This is part of Cool Stuff I Noticed—a series where I share small observations about tools, learning, and systems that quietly make life easier.
1 min
Small Keyboard Tricks
This is part of Cool Stuff I Noticed—a series where I share small observations about tools, learning, and systems that quietly make life easier.
1 min
Now I Know – Tech Terms
Welcome to the first post in “Now I Know – Tech Terms!”
2 min
The Anatomy of a WordPress Plugin
WordPress plugins often feel more complex than they are.
4 min
The Silicon Ceiling
In 2026, most software is built by layering one person’s “magic” on top of another’s.
2 min