this space is where i think out loud, chase half-formed ideas, and generally try to make sense of whatever i’m learning. it isn’t a traditional blog—nothing here is polished or final. some things are 🌱 seedlings, some are growing 🌳. there are plenty of TILs sprinkled in too.
none of this is precious! if you want a sense of what a “digital garden” is supposed to be, maggie appleton has a great explanation 🌼.
Why Space Data Centers Are Still a Terrible Idea
Every few months someone proposes putting data centers in space. The renderings look cool. Then you run the numbers and physics crushes your dreams. Here's why this idea keeps resurfacing even though the underlying problems haven't changed in fifty years.
Every few months someone proposes putting data centers in space. The renderings look cool. Then you run the numbers and physics crushes your dreams. Here's why this idea keeps resurfacing even though the underlying problems haven't changed in fifty years.
How to use the new @scope at-rule for targeted, proximity-aware CSS styling
How to use the new HTML Sanitizer API for secure, library-free HTML injection
After discovering I'm definitely not a "growth team" person and watching Glitch wind down, I'm back in civic tech where I belong – this time in an AI Residency at Propel. We're building tools to help states and SNAP beneficiaries navigate HR1's massive changes, including new penalties that charge states more money for higher error rates. During the recent shutdown, I built crawlers to get real-time benefit updates to folks and created the most comprehensive database of active food pantries using AI tools. It's not the sexy AI that gets TED talks – it's the kind that keeps benefits from being wrongly terminated because we finally taught a system that gig work counts as employment.
Adding a level to pages and posts for how much they've been touched by AI.
After 40 days (the longest government shutdown in U.S. history) eight Democratic senators broke ranks on November 9, 2025, voting with Republicans to advance a continuing resolution that provided Democrats virtually nothing they had fought for.