The Map Eats the Territory
On two works that stopped reaching for the original and signed the map instead.
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Specifying Spring '84
A follow-up to my Spring '83 implementation: specifying a small successor protocol for expressive, self-certifying web boards.
E Unibus Infinitum
David Foster Wallace's E Unibus Pluram: was published in 1993, but is more relevant than ever today.
Automating fishing for fun and no profit
I decided to automate a fishing game because I wanted to automate something, it was fun
Saying goodbye to my first domain
Reflecting on the journey with my first domain and the bittersweet process of moving on, including the technical and emotional lessons learned along the way.
Tailwind v4: Releasing a major update in the age of AI
I had to write a blog about the new features in Tailwind CSS v4 so I derailed it by going on tangents about the unique challenges of releasing big changes in the age of AI assisted coding.
I 3D printed my GitHub contribution history
A memento of a year's worth of coding efforts, both during and outside of work.
The Endless Media Epidemic
An examination of how we've become so complacent with our media consumption and how it's affecting us
Peaks of Yore and the Difficulty Boulder
A look into one of my favorite games and how it handles difficulty
Inngest: A better way to handle background jobs in serverless
Checking out how to use Inngest to solve problems that usually aren't even problems for non-serverless environments (and a small rant about Streak)
Lessons learned from redoing the same project over the years
A look at my different iterations of the same project, why I've done it so many times, and what I've learned from it.