The blog
A place to think out loud. Technical notes, lessons learned, milestones, and the occasional honest rant. No content calendar, no SEO theater.
Thinking about the Human 3.0 idea
A framework about becoming a well-rounded generalist instead of optimizing one part of your life to the exclusion of the rest. Here is what I take from it.
I cannot cook a fresh meal every day, and that is fine
The pressure to cook fresh every night is unrealistic for most people. Here is the setup that actually works in our place.
Learning French in Quebec as an adult
I am working through government French classes from close to zero. Here is what the process is actually like.
The real roadblocks in a long job search
The hard parts of a long search are not the ones people warn you about. Here are the ones that actually slowed me down.
The junior IT scene in Canada right now
What the entry-level tech and IT market actually looks like from inside it, without the recruiter spin.
Getting into finance while everyone around me started betting
My interest in investing grew at the same time sports betting ads took over every screen. They are not the same thing, and the difference matters.
A few ideas from the Tao Te Ching that stuck with me
An old book of short verses that I did not expect to think about as much as I do.
The movies I keep going back to
I rewatch the same films more than I watch new ones, and I stopped feeling bad about it.
Why I run my own Plex server
Streaming services keep splitting up, raising prices, and removing things I already watched. A Plex server fixes most of that.
How I actually find new music
The recommendation algorithm is fine, but it keeps handing me the same five artists. Here is how I dig for the rest.