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writing

2026

2026-09-18 I Built a Tip Calculator with Claude. It Became a Distributed System I handed Claude Fable 5.1 a screenshot and one sentence. AI made implementation so cheap that nothing forced us to stop adding features. That may be a bigger problem than bad code.

2021

2021-04-01 Things I Wish I'd Learned Earlier in My Career I knew that I wanted to be a Software Engineer since I was twelve years old. I did everything I could to realize that goal. But did I limit my career by being too focused too early? 2021-03-26 My Defining Moment as a Software Engineer How I channeled the desire to use my skills for social good into an exciting and eventful career.

2019

2019-02-19 Surviving CDMX — An ITK Story Mexico City, or CDMX, is the capital of Mexico and the most populous city in North America. What was intended to be a simple installation became a nightmarish project — and a test of the ITK lifestyle.