The Year I Stopped Starting Side Projects
I used to have ten half-built things running in parallel. Now I have one. Here's what changed and what it actually cost.
The Blog
Engineering, photography, and long miles. I write when something's worth writing down.
What Film Taught Me About Seeing
I shot film for two years before going digital. The habits it forced on me are still the most useful ones I have.
The FastAPI Boilerplate I Keep Copying Between Projects
A minimal, opinionated starting point for FastAPI services — structured logging, health endpoints, lifespan events, and nothing else.
On the Virtue of Quitting Things
Not finishing something you started isn't a character flaw. Sometimes it's the most efficient thing you can do.
A Local PostgreSQL Dev Environment with Docker Compose That Actually Works
Stop installing Postgres directly on your machine. A compose file you can copy across projects and a few patterns that prevent the usual pain.
A Minimal Task Queue in Python Without Celery
For background jobs that don't need a distributed system. PostgreSQL LISTEN/NOTIFY, asyncio, and about 150 lines of code.
