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Building a Tracking Pixel
Feb 21, 2026
Implementing a tracking pixel from scratch using AWS API Gateway, Lambda, Kinesis, and S3.
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'npm left-pad' Incident
Feb 6, 2026
Reproducing the famous npm left-pad incident that broke the internet.
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Adding a dependency is buying blind
Feb 5, 2026
A short reflection on how we add dependencies without deep code review.
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Trailing Slash in URLs?
Jan 30, 2026
Reproducing a vintage security bug involving trailing slashes and directory listings.
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Detecting drum hits
Jan 22, 2026
Building a script to analyze drum recordings and classify hit dynamics.
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System design: rate limiter
Jan 12, 2026
Building a toy rate limiter to understand system design concepts hands-on.
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Learning gradient descent
Jan 7, 2026
Why I'm taking time to understand ML fundamentals during my job search.
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Gut feeling
Dec 14, 2025
Exploring the connection between neural networks and human intuition.
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Me vs AI
Dec 12, 2025
Starting my journey to understand machine learning beyond using it as a black box.
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Installing OpenBSD 7.6 on a Raspberry Pi 4?
Apr 8, 2025
A lesson in reading the official documentation first.
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Deceptively Simple System of Equations
Sep 2, 2020
A tricky algebra problem from Differential Equations and how to solve it.
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How I Made $16.67 Playing Chess Online
Aug 11, 2020
Finding purpose through competitive chess during lockdown.
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Going back to school in my late 20s
Jun 11, 2020
My experience returning to community college to study math while working full-time.