Blog
Thoughts, experiments, and stories from my corner of the internet.
On Systems That Don’t Explain Themselves
Why some systems preserve meaning by refusing to explain themselves, and how ambiguity can be a design choice rather than a failure.
Notes From S-130/190 at Colorado Firecamp
Wildland fire training reflects what experienced firefighters already understand: success depends less on individual heroics than on coordination, constraints, and how systems behave under pressure.
Coherence Without Comprehension
How modern systems stay stable when nobody understands them end-to-end, and why AI makes this everyone’s problem.
The Safety Valve We Keep Forgetting to Build
An accessible essay about models, metrics, explanations, and the missing brakes that keep them from quietly becoming authorities.
Hungry Hungry Hippos
On scarcity brain, manufactured lack, and the games we keep pretending are normal.
The World Is a Casino
A reflection on dopamine, attention, and how modern systems play us like machines.
Rediscovering the UT2004 Maps I Built at 13
A nostalgic look back at the chaotic maps I built in UnrealEd as a teenager, and how they shaped the way I build things today.