mind

A quiet record of technology, attention, and the slow work of studying.

  1. A quieter kind of ambition

    Choosing one exam over a career, and learning to want something quieter.

    3 min read

  2. The year I stopped writing code

    I stopped writing code before I could explain why. This is the closest I've come to an answer.

    2 min read

  3. What 1,200 problems taught me

    I solved more than a thousand problems. The useful part was not the algorithms.

    2 min read

  4. One exam, one year

    What a year of studying for one paper does to your sense of time and progress.

    2 min read

  5. The internet I grew up on

    Personal sites, forums, and a web that felt like somewhere you could stay.

    2 min read