Untangling Email (and a few other things)
A five-hour evening spent untangling email, contacts, and identity. What started as a Fastmail migration turned into a reckoning with legacy systems, quiet dependencies, and the parts of my digital life I was finally ready to let go.
Buying a Laptop Shouldn’t Be This Hard
I argued with myself for months over a decision that should’ve taken an afternoon. This isn’t about specs — it’s about letting go of an old identity and choosing a tool that stays out of the way.
Transformation Without Narrative Is Easy to Erase
When nothing breaks, no one notices. This is about the quiet failure mode that follows successful transformation—and how narrative preserves continuity.
Another Corner of the Internet
A quiet reflection on why this site exists, what it’s for, and what kind of writing I intend to do here.
Building Real Technology Inside Facilities
Building stable systems inside a large institution taught me that quiet competence is fragile—and narrative is part of the job.
