There Is No Order of Operations
Here is something I think is really interesting about mathematics that we usually never stop to notice: there isn’t actually some inherent “order of operations” built into the universe.
2 min
Writing
Technical writing on software engineering, systems architecture, and developer tooling.
2026
It starts here
why losing focus is so easy, and why maintaining it is so valuable
5 min
Why I Can’t Do “Clean” Architecture
On Shallow Modules, Indirection, and the True Cost of Artificial Abstraction
8 min
What a Struct Actually Is
A first-principles exploration of structs, memory layout, and why compilers arrange data the way they do.
16 min
Why Your Tech Stack is an Implementation Detail
How do you actually start a project?
9 min
A certain Prayer
There is no judgment for the wicked, nor rest for the hopeless.
1 min
When It Matters
It matters more than it often seems
3 min
I write to think
I want to pose three questions to myself and perhaps others.
1 min
How to Make Deep Work Relevant to You
I have read Cal Newport’s Deep Work, and while the concept is insightful, I’ve been wrestling with how to actually apply it when you are still searching for your direction.
6 min
The Unison
A promise is given to that which ought to have been.
1 min
The Cranking Machine and the Thinking Process
Is there fundamentally a trade-off between speed and quality when solving problems with code?
2 min
36 Statements for Good Code
A Recipe from History, Research, and Reality
3 min
Effort Has a Structure
Why Grit Isn't Enough
2 min
Boring by Design
The Full-Stack TypeScript Stack I Actually Ship With
7 min
Another Year
Birthdays used to feel like arrival points.
1 min
Unsettled
I can’t say my life is fine.
1 min
Bridging Runtime Uncertainty and Compile-Time Guarantees
An examination of how runtime input is progressively constrained into compile-time guarantees using TypeScript’s type system
6 min
Tempering Ambition
Self-Awareness
1 min
How programming language paradigms actually emerge
A short history of complexity, abstraction, and constraint
5 min
Explicit Errors and Functional Cores
Building Predictable Systems in TypeScript
9 min