Writing

A public notebook for systems I am trying to understand, work worth examining, and useful details I do not want to lose.

Aug 3, 2026essay

The flaw got the promotion

Why there are six shapes in your screwdriver drawer, and how a stubborn Canadian inventor lost America to a man who was happy to sign.

Jul 30, 2026field note

Notes from designing a personal commonplace that can hold finished work, active questions, and the things I keep returning to.

Jul 29, 2026build note

What changed when I stopped treating bobby.menu as a pile of saved places and started treating curation as a small, explicit data model.

Jul 28, 2026essay

Why the Midwest hangs a million gallons of water off a pole, while Arizona pours the same machine into a hillside.

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