A lot has been happening in the US recently since Trump took office. A lot of it is deeply concerning, and as expected, a lot of it is noise. This is my take on how I parse recent developments in our politics and government.
As the narrator of his book East of Eden, John Steinbeck gives a monologue that feels relevant to recent events.
In the US, not all voters are equal due to the electoral college system and the "winner take all" method of awarding electoral votes. I created a visualization to illustrate the relative impact of a single vote in each state.
Silicon Valley billionaires are trying to sell us their vision of the future. Is it working?
I migrated my blog to use Hugo. Despite some confusing and opaque behaviors, it's nice to spend less time on thinking about the blog platform, and more time writing. This is a good example of the trade-offs of the 'build it yourself' mentality.
Cobble is a fast, flexible, monorepo-aware build automation tool built with Rust and Lua. In this post, I'll discuss why I built a new tool as opposed to using an existing one, and the philosophy behind Cobble's approach to build automation.
I tried a bike road trip for the first time over Labor Day weekend.
Thoughts on The Armada by Garrett Mattingly, and some striking parallels between 16th century Europe and today
Some progress on the Rust financial app project
Digital painting of crystal springs reservoir