PinnedHow I Built This Website0/100A storyboard, a weekend, and a lot of arguing with a language model about spacing.September 7, 2026 · Numbers, Thoughts
PinnedA Letter From My Younger Self (2016)88/100An article I wrote as a high school junior, republished in full, annotated with a decade of context attached.September 5, 2026 · Thoughts, Career, Education
A Letter To My Younger/Older Self (2026)12/100The other direction. Writing forward instead of annotating backward, to the kid who wrote that article and to whoever reads this in another ten years.September 5, 2026 · Thoughts
Analyzing My Own College Essays90/100Going back to the essays that got me rejected from most UCs and talking about it. (I'm half joking, it was mostly my poor high school grades. I think these essays were stronger than my transcript.)September 5, 2026 · Education, Thoughts
Why I Financed My Car80/100The opportunity-cost math behind financing instead of paying cash, and where that money went instead.August 24, 2026 · Thoughts, Numbers
Startup Fundraising: What I've Learned75/100What actually matters when a company decides between non-dilutive funding and a priced round.January 9, 2026 · Career, Thoughts, Numbers
My Thoughts On Grad School65/100What two degrees at UC Davis actually taught me, and what I'd tell someone deciding whether to go.November 3, 2025 · Education, Thoughts, Career
My Powerlifting Journey25/100From a first meet as a teenager to #1 national ranking, and what the sport has taught me about discipline.October 12, 2025 · Thoughts
I proposed—She said "No." (s**tpost)69/100My world broke, and I could suddenly see the architecture that broke it.June 9, 2025 · Thoughts, Numbers
HR pulled me in for a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) (s**tpost)67/100They said I don't pay attention. I explained that attention is, in fact, all you need.June 7, 2025 · Thoughts, Numbers