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Space theories, unsolved mysteries, aviation rabbit holes, and the chaos of learning new things at midnight.

Day One: NDA Signed, Name Forgotten, Absolutely Thriving

Life

I don't know what I expected my first day as a Data Analyst intern to feel like. Something cinematic, maybe. Walking in with purpose. Knowing things. What actually happened: I sto...

10 April 2025

Zig: I Have Made 5 Mistakes and Learned From None of Them

Tech

My GitHub commit message for my Zig repository is: "feat: lol i made 5 mistakes - learning by making mistakes." This is an accurate summary of my Zig journey so far. Mistake 1: As...

5 April 2025

Learning Go at 11pm: A Comedy in Several Acts

Tech

Act 1: The Hubris "Go is supposed to be simple," I said. "I'll just pick it up in a weekend," I said. "How hard can it possibly be," I said, a person who has clearly never learned...

3 April 2025

I Joined a Racing Community and I Have Made a Terrible Mistake

Life

So. I joined a racing community. I want to be clear that I did not do this because I am a person who races things. I did this because someone in a Discord server I'm in mentioned ...

1 April 2025

Why I Can't Stop Reading About Aviation Accidents

Aviation

People find this one unsettling when I bring it up. "You just... read about plane crashes? For fun?" Not for fun, exactly. For understanding. Aviation accident investigation is o...

25 March 2025

The Bermuda Triangle is Real and I Will Die on This Hill

Mysteries

Before you @ me — I know. I know the scientific consensus. I know Lloyd's of London doesn't even charge higher insurance rates for ships crossing it. I know most of the "disappeara...

18 March 2025

The Universe is Too Big and I Can't Stop Thinking About It

Space

There's this thing that happens to me at around 2am where I open one Wikipedia article about dark matter and suddenly it's 4am and I've somehow ended up reading about the heat deat...

10 March 2025