Hello, world.

This is the first post on a site I rebuilt from scratch one quiet evening. The old one was fine — neo-brutalist, loud, fun — but it didn't match the kind of work I do or the way I think. I wanted something quieter. Cream paper, a warm serif, a single accent of terracotta. Pastel without being precious.

Why a personal blog, in 2026?

Because the best engineers I read aren't on Twitter. They're on personal blogs, writing long-form posts that don't decay in a week. I want to leave a trail for the version of me that exists in five years — and maybe for one or two other people who stumble across it.

What I'll write about

• Python at scale — Polars, FastExcel, and the day-to-day of building data pipelines that have to be right.
• Agentic workflows — what's actually working with Claude Code, and what just looks impressive in a demo.
• Self-hosted infrastructure — my homelab, Cloudflare Tunnels, and what I've learned running services for myself.
• Career notes — the unscripted bits between jobs.

The plan is not to publish on a schedule. The plan is to publish when I have something to say.

If you're reading this, hi. Stick around.