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A tiny time-travel notePast me had opinions. Present me has questions. We’re both still learning.
Every field note, essay, and experiment—organized by when it entered the notebook.
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7 notesEngineering Notes · September 11, 2026
Coding May Be Solved. Engineering Moves Up the Stack.
AI is a general-purpose technology. Cheap code and collapsing role boundaries are early signs of a shift that will reorganize how we build.
16 min read · Read note →Leadership Notes · August 9, 2026
A Company Needs a Reason to Work Hard
Survival can explain a company’s urgency, but only a clear North Star can make the effort meaningful to the people carrying it.
6 min read · Read note →Product Notes · August 9, 2026
Useful Work Outlives the Announcement
What began as an experiment with email became a two-decade lesson in usefulness, responsibility, rebuilding, and the team required to carry a promise forward.
6 min read · Read note →Place & Work · August 9, 2026
Ambition Should Not Require Leaving Home
Leaving home opened my life. The cost arrived later, along with a conviction that ambition should not require permanent distance from belonging.
5 min read · Read note →Open Source · August 9, 2026
Harambee, in Code
How late-night Unix labs, unaffordable software, and African traditions of collective effort shaped my belief that open source should turn access into agency.
6 min read · Read note →Journey · August 9, 2026
StraitOuttaVillage: And The Long Way Back
An introduction to the long road from Kolong village to America and back, and why I am finally telling the story now.
7 min read · Read note →Personal Notes · August 9, 2026
The Musings I Kept Putting Off
After more than two decades of postponing the writing, a welcome to the stories, evolving ideas, and unfinished thoughts that finally have a home.
6 min read · Read note →