Essays

A collection of personal essays on film, technology, philosophy, and art—charting the edges where culture, creativity, and critical thought meet.

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Blowing Up, Just to Blow Up

August 16, 2026
Recently I began the process of moving all of my GitHub repositories to Codeberg. I am far from the only person making this move in 2026; if anything, I'm well behind the curve. However, I did want to dedicate some time to detailing (a) how I am conducting my transition to Codeberg, and (b) the r...

On, Good Advice Delivered Poorly

June 14, 2026
I recently finished watching the conclusion of Linus Tech Tips's second Linux challenge. Unsurprisingly, much of the series focused on criticizing the overly-aggressive online Linux community. This is by no means a new criticism, but it did become a very central theme of the series. All three of ...

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Blowing Up, Just to Blow Up

August 16, 2026

On, Good Advice Delivered Poorly

June 14, 2026

A Tale of AI Betrayal & Snapshotting ...

April 6, 2026

Becoming an Empire

January 8, 2026

Custom Syntax Highlighting With 11ty

December 31, 2025

The Death of the Internet

September 24, 2025

Consequences

July 22, 2025

Ballad of a Bad Man

July 21, 2025

My Two Million Dollar Spending Spree

July 18, 2025

Barge Haulers on the Volga

July 17, 2025

The Art of Virtue

July 14, 2025

John Woolman was Kind of a Dick

April 1, 2025

The Only Way Out is Through

March 30, 2025

The Best Bargain in the History of Li...

March 15, 2025

Vim: The Best Markdown Editor

December 5, 2019

The Crusade for a Better Dark Mode

July 2, 2019

Watch “The Incredible Hulk” Before “A...

April 30, 2019

Is “The Prisoner of Azkaban” the Best...

October 19, 2018