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Exploring mental models, connecting the dots, and writing about it.

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NixOS for Apple container

Building NixOS images that run both as containers and VMs on macOS.

Human voices

On writing, finding your voice, and making a corner of the internet yours.

Sandboxing local models on macOS

Default-deny sandbox profiles for inference and agents, plus local Qwen3.5 and a QEMU VM.

Why my internet dropped like clockwork

A misconfigured watchdog in my ISP router brought me offline every two hours.

Impermanent NixOS VMs in ChromeOS

Automatically erasing /home in NixOS VMs.

Effective salespeople

Good sales create mutual wins by managing expectations and honestly defusing the negatives.

NixOS Baguette images in ChromeOS

Running containerless NixOS VMs in ChromeOS.

Nuggets of psychology

A living collection of psychological mental models for making better decisions.

Code integrity for web apps

Threat modelling around web and native applications.

Paddling in circles: lagging indicators

🛶 Thinking in systems through models, loops, and delays.