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The Unix Philosophy: A Guide for Everyone (Part 1)

A way of thinking about design. A set of values and priorities that help you make better decisions when building anything complex.

Poetry Featured

The distance between us, and the bridges we build.

Sometimes I think: if only someone else were awake. Then I wouldn't be falling alone. We'd be together—each of us falling in our own way.

Lifestyle Featured

Too Much to Know (Information Overload)

The flood isn't rising by accident. Someone opened the dam. Understanding how platforms engineer attention is the first step toward sustainable filters.

Lifestyle Featured

The Collection: The Hunt

Collections are a way of paying attention to the world. The ability to notice specific things, to care about particular objects for no reason other than that they interest you, feels like a radical act, pulling you away from algorithmic feeds and infinite scroll.

50 Days of Intentional Living

Fifty days later, and I'm sitting here trying to figure out how to wrap up this whole Project 50 experience without making it sound like some polished success story that it definitely wasn't. What actually happened was messier, more human, down to ground. It started during

Reflection Featured

Choose What You Care About

I used to believe that caring was a moral obligation without a cost, that the measure of a good person was how much they could hold in their heart at once. My job, I thought, was to expand to meet every need I could see. To not care felt like

The Day I Finally Threw Away the Weight of My Dreams

I found them while decluttering my room. A stack of university brochures buried under years of dust and forgotten dreams. They were heavier than I remembered, these glossy pages that once held my future. As I pulled them out one by one, memories flooded back. I remember the excitement at

I Was Obsessed With Van Life

Life's biggest dreams can start from something as simple as a housing crisis. One day you're dealing with an impossible rent increase, and next you're deep into videos about people living their best lives in converted vans. The whole van life thing wasn'

Reflection Featured

The Journey Is the Destination

When I say journey, I mean the tender, steady motion of a life meeting itself. It never leaves the room. It is metaphor, not mileage. It’s the current I feel moving through me when I choose to be here, awake to the grain of the moment, even when it’

You Can’t Always Take Things for Granted

I don't know when everyone decided that being unprepared was normal, but it worries me. Because I watch people—smart people, capable people—just assume everything will keep working. The job will be there. The paycheck will clear. The person who knows how everything works won't

Sweet Poison of Nostalgia

That feeling when you're trying your best to make a place feel like home? I've been doing that my entire life, moving from one place to another, constantly relocating like a wandering soul. Every single time, a new place becomes your shelter, your sanctuary, your everything.

Reading Labels

I went grocery shopping this evening after spending way too much time reading about the whole U.S. tariffs situation online. It's weird how something you read about can suddenly make you see your everyday routine differently. The grocery store was busier than usual for a Monday evening.

The Wow Syndrome

I often hear people compliment my English proficiency. They're usually just impressed by my accent, but little do they know what's really going on in my head. The truth is, I can manage to go through complex technical documentations, write programming code, and craft formal emails.

Journey Featured

What I Learned from Running a Photography Club

I never planned to be the president of our high school's photography club. In fact, I thought it was boring, just another one of those clubs trapped by people who seemed to lack any fresh ideas. The Grand Vision It all started on March 2024 when I had

Summer Grocery List

You know your life has hit a peculiar low when your grocery list starts looking like a cry for help. * instant ramen (lots of it) * granola bars * frozen pizza * ... This isn't the kind of list any healthy person would approve of, but then again, this isn't

Journey Featured

Montréal, Day One

Montréal The adventure begins with a few dents. 💡This was written after the visit on 26 Aug, 2023. The grand clock face of Toronto's Union Station mocked me with its punctuality. It was departure time for Montréal, and my backpack, heavier than usual with the weight of a

A New Start

My blog has been a labour of love. The reason for closing down the last blog was due to some personal reasons and the need for me to reposition and reassess the content of my blog. I have made the decision not to recover or migrate the blog posts I