I Love Code I’ll Never Run — and Trips I’ll Never Take
Finding joy in exploring worlds built by others

At 2 AM last night, I was in bed, deep in the details of a hiking guide for a Japanese pilgrimage trail I’m not taking. I’d been clicking through the same pages for hours — trail maps, temple descriptions, ryokan recommendations — knowing full well I’m not going to Japan anytime soon. It isn’t the …

My Retirement Gift to Big Tech? Brutal Honesty in Job Interviews
I had nothing to lose, so I said exactly what I thought

The Chief Technology Officer leaned back in his chair with corporate confidence. “Our technology is actually in great shape,” he said. From my seat across his glass-topped desk, I pulled up his company’s public-facing documentation — last updated in 2019, full of broken links and outdated processes. I slid my tablet toward him. His confident …