All of my long-form thoughts, collected in chronological order.
Good design creates beneficial order, and design systems leverage that order to speed up everything. Data is always just a representation. Why software engineering is different from "real engineering", and why that's probably a good thing.
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of its initial release in 2014, Interstellar returned to theaters in December 2024. I have only vague memories of seeing it the first time in theaters, and the last time I watched it was several years ago. So I bought a ticket early and marked my calendar.
2022 was my first year as a full-time software engineer. I’m grateful that from the beginning it was a smooth, natural transition. After finishing my undergrad in December 2021 and wrapping up my time as an engineering intern, the only discernible change in my day-to-day was the number of hours I worked. Credit for this goes to SimpleNexus, who places an astonishing and enabling amount of trust in their interns.