While this blog officially exists to help me think, the real reason behind its existence is a nefarious plot to show the world how footnotes are the most extraordinary literary invention ever.

Tech: Unpacking the Digital DNA of Social

2025-06-27

Tech: Unpacking the Digital DNA of Social

Summer 2025 special: What if we classified social media by their core technology? By focusing on the underlying architecture, we might gain a clearer understanding of how these services work and why they feel so distinct.

Tech: Why Architecture Fails (and How to Fix It)

2024-11-07

Tech: Why Architecture Fails (and How to Fix It)

Lately, I've realized that the problem isn't architecture but how we approach it. We often jump into technical details without asking the crucial question: Why? Perhaps we get so caught up in how to build something that we forget why we're building it in the first place?