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Since 2016, Japanese artist and musician Masakatsu Takagi has been recording improvisational piano sessions accompanied by lush soundscapes from the world outside.

The Servile sounds like a fusion of many of the rock subgenres I grew up loving as a teenager in the mid-to-late 2010s, but it interprets them with a fresh perspective to produce something that can stand on its own.

The best way I can describe this album is that it sounds like violently traversing a multiverse to find pockets of comforting music and song.

The sound of swimming in a large, cavernous space.

'80s dance pop but make it 2026.

Listening to Annahstasia’s tender, intimate singing is simultaneously relaxing and cathartic for me.

Exploring Hiperson, a post-punk band from Chengdu, who introduced me to the indie rock scene from China.

A fun, joyous jazz record with catchy piano accompaniments, and drums that make me dance around in my chair.

On Shabaka Hutchings' new record, a music bar in Kyoto, and why I'm writing again.

Another book I read in the past few months that I have some thoughts on.

Trying to collect some thoughts about a book I read recently.

I had a lot of fun with the concept of “HACK WEEK”.

I have been struggling to make time for personal programming projects since I started my first full-time job in September.

How can you share data securely via the web browser, using a third-party server?

This week's articles: What SWIFT actually does, when and when not to optimize your code, and how to approach a cultural interview at a company.

This week's articles: serverless cloud computing without containers, how GitHub uses Machine Learning to detect code vulnerabilities, and how to write utterly untestable code.

This week's articles: COVID-19 data vs.

The main goal of these questions is to avoid nasty surprises about the job after I start my employment.

My first post of 2022!

Recently, I read _How to Avoid a Climate Disaster_, a book about the solutions we need to avoid, well, a climate disaster.