2025
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🧠 Are Quick AI Answers Making Us Forget How to Think?
Ask any AI model a question, and you’ll have an answer in seconds. Here’s the dilemma: when information becomes effortless to access, do we actually learn anything? It’s true that it’s easy to appear like a modern day genius with quick access to a world of information at your fingertips behind your keyboard and screen.…
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⚙️ Restructuring My Writing: Evolving Beyond Atomic Essays
Quite a few years back, I learned how to write atomic essays—short, structured reflections meant to distill a single idea with clarity and intention. At the time, it was exactly what I needed. I was just beginning to share my voice publicly again, and the format gave me something to hold onto: a sense of…
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🚀 The Fallacy of Easy AI-Powered Building: Finding Balance
Have you been bombarded with recommendations about the “best” AI coding tools every week? I’ve noticed a growing trend where everyone keeps saying “this tool is the best” or “that tool is revolutionary” – it’s honestly hard to keep up with all the advice flying around in the AI development space. I’ve been exploring tools…
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📦 Refusing the Mold: Initial thought on Isolation, Nonconformity & Cost of Thinking Freely
💭 When openness becomes a threat What happens when your way of seeing the world makes you unacceptable to others? I’ve spent years navigating spaces where my refusal to fit neatly into boxes has made me a target. This isn’t just about feeling awkward in social settings—it’s about the deep dissonance that happens when expansive…
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🤔 What I Do, Who I Am, and Why That’s Complicated Right Now
For my personal blog, I’m back to doing semi-daily notes, talking about whatever’s on my mind. Today, I’m thinking about a few fundamental questions: “Who am I?” and “What do I do?” I’m really focused on refining these answers for myself. I’ve been attending some events lately and plan to go to many more in…
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Reading in Clusters
I’ve never been the one-book-at-a-time type. Part of it’s the challenge—but honestly, ADHD plays a role too. My attention can be both sharp and short. If a book doesn’t hold me, I drift. So back in high school, I started reading multiple books on the same subject at once, also known as reading in clusters.…
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🧠 Neurasthenia: The 19th-Century Diagnosis That Echoes in Modern Mental Health
I first came across the term neurasthenia while reading Recovery: The Lost Art of Convalescence by Gavin Francis. The book’s deep dive into historical healing practices made me realize how much our understanding of mental health has evolved—and how some struggles remain unchanged. 😪 The Birth of “Nervous Exhaustion” In 1869, American neurologist George Miller…
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💡Rethinking Routines: Small Life Audits Can Make Daily Life Easier
Have you ever stopped to think about whether your daily routines actually serve you? It’s easy to fall into habits simply because they’ve become familiar, even if they create unnecessary stress. I was talking to someone recently, and I found myself reflecting on how easily we repeat the same patterns without questioning them. Every Tuesday,…
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🦠 Understanding How Microbiomes Shape Our Health
Ever go down a research rabbit hole and suddenly everything clicks? (Happens to me all the time. 😂) That’s me right now with microbiomes. I’ve been refocusing on gut health because it’s directly linked to mental well-being, digestion, and immunity. When life feels overwhelming, poor physical health makes everything harder. So, I’m diving deep into…
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🪙 What Is the Meaning of Tariffs? Understanding Their Role
That smartphone in your pocket probably crossed several borders before reaching you. Every step of its journey was shaped by tariffs – yet most of us only notice when prices suddenly jump at our local stores. Have you ever wondered why imported goods sometimes cost way more than they should? The reality involves more than…
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💭 Re-Evaluating Dualistic Thinking vs. Contextual Thinking
Have you ever realized you’ve been using the wrong term to describe something? That moment of clarity can change everything. I recently discovered my approach to empathy wasn’t “dualistic thinking” at all—it was something much deeper. This revelation reshaped how I understand myself and how I engage with others. The Misunderstanding: What I Thought About…
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⛓️💥 Breaking Free from AI Code Generation Guilt: A Developer’s Journey to Embracing AI Tools
Working in tech (primarily in IT & InfoSec), I’ve found myself wearing many hats that involve coding. While I’m not a software engineer by trade, I’ve built everything from WordPress sites from scratch to microSaaS applications, automation, and creative coding projects. Lately, something’s been eating at me: this nagging guilt every time I use AI…
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🤖 Prompt Template: Using Chatgpt Scheduled Tasks Feature
Based on the OpenAI documentation for the ChatGPT Scheduled Tasks feature, I’d like you to consider my goals of improving productivity, saving time, and enhancing both my personal and professional life. Please focus on leveraging the scheduled tasks feature specifically to: 1. Suggest actionable and personalized tasks I could schedule that align with my work…
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🤖 Making Sense of AI: Understanding Assistants, Chatbots, Agents, and More
Working in tech, I get to play with a lot of different AI tools, and it’s been fascinating to see how they’ve transformed my work and life over time. Even helping me to manage and improve social interactions and human relationships.ChatGPT alone has completely changed how I handle daily tasks – it’s improved everything from…
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🧠 What Is Clear Thinking?
Lately, I’ve been diving deep into books about Clear Thinking, the mind, and how this intersects with culture, class, background religion, etc. You know, those books with titles like Clear Thinking, How to Think, Think Again, The Art of Thinking Clearly, Thinking 101, and Thinking Fast and Slow (yes i’ve read these all). This isn’t…
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🚀 Building a Secure Newsletter Preference Center: From Hacky to Happy
I’ve always wanted to create a proper preference center for my newsletter subscribers. A preference center isn’t just a nice-to-have; it’s how you show subscribers you respect their choices and time. Whether it’s letting them unsubscribe easily or tailor how often they hear from you, it’s key to building trust. My first attempt was what…
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Admitting I Have Impostor Syndrome
Have you ever had this feeling that you’re totally capable of doing something, but somehow convinced yourself you’re not going to be “good enough”? Yeah, I’ve been there. Actually, I’m there right now, and it’s time I finally admit something: I’ve been dealing with impostor syndrome as an entrepreneur and creator. 🎭 The “Not Good…
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How to Use the Wheel of Life and Pillars of Life for Personal Growth
When I first dove into personal development, I found myself confused by the various frameworks people kept referencing. Two of the most common—the Wheel of Life and the Pillars of Life—seemed surprisingly similar at first glance. But as I applied them over the years, I realized how they serve different purposes and can work together…
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⛴️ Docker Made Simple: A Guide to Consistent Software Deployment
You know that frustrating moment when you try to make dinner at a friend’s house, but something’s not quite right? Maybe they don’t have that specific spice you need, or their oven runs hotter than yours, or they’re missing that one crucial tool. Suddenly, your perfectly practiced recipe isn’t turning out the way it does…
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⚙️Rendering: How Websites Come to Life
Website rendering is one of those concepts that often gets explained with unnecessary complexity. As a developer working with various frameworks, I’ve noticed there’s a disconnect between how we talk about rendering and how it actually works. Ever wonder how your JavaScript code transforms into what users see in their browsers? Or why some websites…
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🧠 Does Curiosity Makes Us More Intelligent?
Have you ever met someone who seems to have an endless wealth of knowledge about various different subjects? Ever wondered how they got that way? The answer might not be what you think – it’s often more about curiosity than natural intelligence. People are always intrigued that I have an infinite amount of information about…