Craft By Zen

Getting excited about Chess, Shiny object syndrome, Viral Tunnels, and GitHub Actions as a time-sharing supercomputer.

Setting up the Obsidian QuickAdd plugin with a custom book plugin

Curations is my attempt at blending the warm hug of nostalgia with a little nook tailor-made for my personal obsessions—steering clear of the 'oh-so-common listicle' abyss.

Impact of 23andMe data breach, Pocketbase, how Apple built iCloud, and AlphaGeometry.

Small website updates - Jan 2024

My annual review, taking a look at my 33rd year

Stanley Cups Out of Stock, a guide to ZIRP, displaced jobs from AI, and the reason there's no improvement on rebuilding Lahaina.

New Year for digital movies, digital nomad history, and Dunky's guide to streaming services.

An evening using Make Real, and thoughts on making

My fiancée's article, PHOLEDs, fall of the American Chestnut, EVs in China, and how the US is not normal

Holidays - weekly notes including Trump's Disqualification tracker, the mysterious cough, and are outliners ruining our thinking process?

The Advent of Code, Ologies, a history of Taquerias in Redwood City, and things hackers once knew

Henry Kissinger dies at 100, exaggerations from an AI Founder, interview w/ Emma Chamberlain, and 23andMe hacked

Post-Thanksgiving reflections, respiratory illness, Charles Munger, Q*, and reflections on Rust that wasn't

Thanksgiving week, packed with 4D Chess, EA vs. e/aa, Data Viz Guidelines, American Symphony, and an electric home composter.

Resonance calendars, how long can you keep things in the fridge, James Webb Telescope images, long Covid, and OpenAI drama

Collection of Black Friday deals around the web

Closing of downtown Berkeley cinemas, the pains of daylight savings, EFTs, and Tyson recall

Health updates, Song Embeds, and SRE Lessons

Of dishwashers, starting NaNoWriMo, the pangenome, workflows and mental models

Atrocities commited by a warmongering general come back to haunt him in modern-day Guatemala.

Sharing your calm, freewriting, the myth of learning styles, and dealing with conflict from 2 UC Berkeley professors.

Return from Strangeloop, OSM Topo Map, Dying Languages, and Martin Kleppmann

No relief from nasal decongestant, depression support list

Daily headaches, panic attacks, life or death experiences on a trip from the ICU and back

The idea of an infinite scroll can be dangerous, and here are some tactics to curtail their effects on our addicted minds.

Based off the 7 GUIs benchmark, here are implementations of the 7 GUIs in Svelte.

A dive into my personal notes on SolidJS, as I was going through the tutorial.

Deep dive with Typescript and its features.

Key takeaways from short pieces advice Kevin Kelly has collected over decades.

Major website updates, new collections, fixed bugs, and more!

"Writing for Software Developers focuses on teaching you how to envision, create, and publish mid-length technical tutorials and articles, but the principles and practices you’ll develop will help you write anything from a short README to an entire techni…

"Peter Seibel interviews 15 of the most interesting computer programmers alive today in Coders at Work, offering a companion volume to Apress’s highly acclaimed best-seller Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston."

My current daily review journal for work, as of 2023.

An exercise where I lay out my favorite questions.

Cate Blanchett stars as Lydia Tár, chief conductor of a major German orchestra.

One of those picturesque romance movies from a Merchany-Ivory production of an E.

The author recounts her experiences in Bhutan and how it relates back to how the Bhutanese feel towards happiness and other contemplative thoughts on life.

A challenge to conventional time management advice, highlighting the finite nature of life and urging readers to prioritize meaningful experiences.

Ira Glass, the host of This American Life, shared his insights on storytelling in a short 30 minute interview revolving around the importance of engaging the audience, using vivid language, and focusing on the structure and characters of the story.

A paper which provides an extensive exploration of memory, covering topics such as management, organization, and optimization.

Annual Review for Age 32

Migrating from Jekyll to Astro

Using MDX with Astro to render a Svelte component

An exercise where I lay out my favorite questions.

From an egghead course, notes about building a realtime chat app with remix and supabase

Setting up a new mac - 2022 Apple Macbook Pro 13"