About

Beliefs that I hold strongly:

Learning is the second most important skill you can develop in life

It's a superpower to be able to repeatedly and reliably explore, triangulate, and understand new disciplines

Gratitude is the most important skill

Gratitude isn't something that is passively felt during good times, but something that must be actively exercised during challenging times

Comparison is the thief of joy

Most disciplines (from the natural sciences to the arts) are burdened by needless complexity

The Design, Terminology, and Pedagogy of these disciplines are intentionally made complex in order to make the practitioners appear smarter

Advertising is evil

Modern advertising is subtle, manipulative, and algorithmically optimized to coerce large portions of the population

The advertising business model has ruined the modern internet and destroyed people's finances

It's called an "advertising campaign" because it is an assault on your mind and your wallet.

There are tools to effectively fight against this; no person needs to ever be exposed to digital advertising again.

Mobile computing is also mostly evil

Desktop computing is optimized for sovereignty, creativity and privacy.

Mobile computing is primarily optimized for surveillance and consumption of media.

People keeping social media apps installed on their phones is insane to me.

Mobile social media apps are literal unfettered portals to spiritual warfare.

Curriculum Vitae

Professionally, I'm an organic chemist and software engineer.

Now I mostly just build software, because it's impractical to have a fully stocked wet lab in my house.

I'm interested in proteomics/ enzymology, machine learning, language modeling, hardware, and robotics.

I joined in 2017 to design their GMP manufacturing laboratory and data pipelines. I also launched a couple B2B SaaS products- in 2020 I built Quartet , paving the way for standardized medical cannabis testing data in California. In 2022, I built Palm , a project management platform for condos.

I currently focus on long-lifespan low-power edge compute for NLP/ML, intelligent ad-blocking, and building financial software for the construction industry.

I've also recently become urbanism-pilled after moving to a small town and becoming a father— human-centric city design is and should be a bipartisan issue; it affects our health, happiness, and our children's' development. My wife and I are now working on a handful of non-profit projects related to this- hike/bike trail development, traffic control studies, and historic architecture preservation.

Colophon

This blog is created under the conditions of irrational optimism and excessive gratitude.

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