now

20 Feb 2026

work

I am leading software engineering work and trying to do it patiently: clearer systems, calmer decisions, and enough room for people to do good work.

building

I am steadily shaping this site into a place for notes, practice, and useful records that does not depend on platforms.

learning

I am learning how to keep publishing simpler: fewer tools, better defaults, and stronger habits around writing things down.

I am reading The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman. After that: The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami, Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones, The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, Super-Frog Saves Tokyo by Haruki Murakami, Busy Doing Nothing by Rekka Bellum; Devine Lu Linvega, Katabasis by R. F. Kuang, The Pale King by David Foster Wallace, The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami, The Will of the Many by James Islington, Ultramarathon Man by Dean Karnazes, Tai-Pan by James Clavell, The Plague by Albert Camus, The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman, The Butcher's Masquerade by Matt Dinniman, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt Dinniman, then This Inevitable Ruin by Matt Dinniman.

health

I am training consistently, walking a lot, and trying to protect sleep, strength, and a quieter baseline.

deliberately not doing

I am not chasing bigger platforms, faster feeds, or more complicated tooling than the work really needs.