No matter where you turn, there’s always a fire in the distance. And you turn a lot as you walk up the hill, down the hill, up and down and up again. It’s been decades since you left the hills. You’ve lived in the flatness of the godforsaken city for so long, too long, your… Continue reading Movement
Twenty-twenty-five
A database maintenance error email recently reminded me that this website exists. I shut down all my twitter accounts a while ago, the last instance of a platform I’d been actively using for a long time and that had led to some really good and fun things in my life (people! Jobs! Fun!). Over the… Continue reading Twenty-twenty-five
The morning five days before Christmas was uneventful
The dishwasher broke. Last night, I’d meant to run it, either forgot to turn it on or did it wrong, so it didn’t run and when I realized on my way to bed, it was too late and I programmed it to start in the morning. When I got up this morning to make my… Continue reading The morning five days before Christmas was uneventful
Twenty-twenty-one
December 15, 2025: I found this in the drafts, realising I’d never finished and published it. I’m fixing that now. And, in good old tradition (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018; 2019, 2020): here goes.— The months January – December … 2021 in numbers (I like numbers) Traveled to Sardinia for a… Continue reading Twenty-twenty-one
Inventory
I don’t even remember when I stopped writing. When I say writing, I don’t mean the process of learning how to draw a letter, maybe an a or a t, and taking a finger, a pen, or a keyboard, to create chains of letters and turning them into small bracelets that become necklaces which become… Continue reading Inventory
Twenty-twenty
Well. It’s really hard to even say anything meaningful about this. I went back and forth on what to write about it and ended up deleting it all. It’s been a year of missing: people, above all, and connection, places, and opportunities. It’s also been among the years of my biggest growth so far, personally… Continue reading Twenty-twenty
On practice (and perfect)
Six months ago, I had my first piano lesson. That’s the easiest way to put it. The much truer, and, as always with that, more complicated version of the one sentence above is: I’ve been wanting to play the piano for a very long time: at first, mostly because I found the instrument beautiful, in… Continue reading On practice (and perfect)
Twenty-Eighteen
This was quite something. Thinking about it and going over last year’s events, I’m not quite sure how all of it ever fit into one year. As I’m writing this, I’m sitting on a red couch with a piano nearby while the wind is blowing outside, I just had some tea and mini pizzas, and,… Continue reading Twenty-Eighteen
27 things I learned about hiring in tech from looking for a new engineering management role
This spring, I spent some time looking for a new professional challenge. This search turned out to be much more interesting and intense than I’d expected. Along the way, I learned quite a lot about myself, the broader industry, and how to do hiring well, and wanted to share those learnings with you. — Getting… Continue reading 27 things I learned about hiring in tech from looking for a new engineering management role
February 2018
Found What I hadn’t been looking for. 5€ in the street and left them there. Wrote Berlin, Winter (October 2017-February 2018) About my time in Melbourne in Winter 2017 Watched (or saw) The void Belle and Sebastian live Overheard (or said) “You should really get onto teleportation. It helps with so much.” “Another friend just… Continue reading February 2018