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2026
- Tracing the Edges of My Ikigai: What You Can Be Paid For
What it means when your paycheck no longer reflects what you’re building
- Hire Like a Founder
Applying the founder’s mentality to recruit self-aware, creative people who act like owners of the mission.
- Built To Last
A personal reflection on building software that lasts, from early programming days to creating open-source tools still actively used over a decade later. A story about the commitment to quality, long-term thinking, and creating lasting value through software craftsmanship.
- The Day I Didn’t Quit
A personal story about ego, alignment, and the power of pausing before making career-defining decisions. Sometimes the biggest growth comes from recognizing a mistake and having the courage to reverse it.
- Not a Pitch
Not a Pitch
2025
- Questions for a Happier 2026
Questions for a Happier 2026
- Tracing the Edges of My Ikigai: What the World Needs, and What We Miss
Tracing the Edges of My Ikigai: What the World Needs, and What We Miss
- Nineteen Years Ago, I Shipped a Reminder
Nineteen Years Ago, I Shipped a Reminder
- Tracing the Edges of My Ikigai: What I’m Good At
Tracing the Edges of My Ikigai: What I’m Good At
- The Gift You Don’t Open Right Away
The Gift You Don’t Open Right Away
- The Role I Wanted—and the One I Left
The Role I Wanted—and the One I Left
- Tracing the Edges of My Ikigai
Tracing the Edges of My Ikigai
- Confessions of a Teenage Emblem Thief
Confessions of a Teenage Emblem Thief
- November 2025 Reading Wrap-Up
November 2025 Reading Wrap-Up
- A Reader’s Take on The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
A Reader’s Take on The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
- What We Carry
What We Carry
- Who Wrote This? (Spoiler: Apparently Me.)
Who Wrote This? (Spoiler: Apparently Me.)
- The Day in 1997 When the World Went Quiet
The Day in 1997 When the World Went Quiet
- Fishing, 90s Style: Banana Boats and Questionable Lakes
Fishing, 90s Style: Banana Boats and Questionable Lakes
- Confessions of a Horror Lover Who’s Scared of Horror
Confessions of a Horror Lover Who’s Scared of Horror
- Crunching the Numbers of a Slow Reading Month
Crunching the Numbers of a Slow Reading Month
- Murder Hornet: Chapter Seven
Murder Hornet: Chapter Seven
- Sorting Through a Hard Week
Sorting Through a Hard Week
- Trying to Read While Life Happens
Trying to Read While Life Happens
- Finding My Feet Again
Finding My Feet Again