All of my long-form thoughts, collected in chronological order.
A big year for travel! Documenting and sharing some of my favorite experiences. Featuring a place you can order burgers AND sushi, a wacky baseball game, a fantastic fishing hole, the nicest weather I've ever seen, and the best convenience store food on the planet.
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.