The Archive

Written Artifacts

Collected thoughts on programmable logic, legal theory and the intersection of the two.

AUG 20, 2026[General]

From Localhost to the Market: Building iMockMarket and Fixing My Past Mistakes

Building iMockMarket: How I created a stock trading simulator with leaderboards and trade-shadowing while cleaning up past code mistakes.

JUL 20, 2026[General]

How I ended up rebuilding Google's file system because I was bored

I read the Google File System paper and rebuilt a tiny version in Go: a self-healing, encrypted, replicated file store. Here's what I learned.

JUL 16, 2026[General]

Socio Kolab: Building a Multi-Tenant Club Management Platform

How I built a multi-tenant club management platform solo with Next.js and Postgres — and the trade-offs behind the stack, the theming engine, and the security plan I abandoned.

SEP 23, 2025[General]

Building Chronicles, Act 2

A tough week reminded me that building from scratch isn’t always smooth. Setbacks happen, but staying in the race — even slowly — is still progress.

SEP 16, 2025[Building Chronicles]

Building Chronicles, Act 1:

Building is humbling. Join me for Act 1 of my chronicles as I navigate database migrations, relationship hell, and why Kubernetes is giving me my first grey hairs.