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Why I Rewrote My Site Three Times (And What I Learned)
A brutally honest post-mortem on over-engineering a static blog. Sometimes the best stack is the one you already know.
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// software engineer · adventurer · writer
Thoughts from someone who debugs at altitude and writes about the spaces between commits. Building things, climbing things, writing about all of it.
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// posts written
18
// countries visited
7
// side projects
// current status
"location": "Patagonia, Chile",
"mode": "remote + trekking",
"elevation": 3240,
"wifi": false,
"coffee": true,
"writing": true,
// next commit
"post": "the patagonia dispatch"
$ ./write --draft
featured
Building a Backpacking App While Actually Backpacking
What happens when you decide to dogfood your own trail-planning app on a 3-week trek through Patagonia? Spoiler: bugs look different at 3,000m.
read_article() →
const posts = ["reflections", "builds", "dispatches", "gear"].filter(p => p.resonates()) // latest entries below
Recent Posts
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Solo in the Dolomites: What the Mountains Taught Me About Systems
Every trail has edge cases. Every camp has a dependency chain. Turns out mountaineering and architecture have a lot in common.
gear
My Remote Work Setup for Anywhere on Earth
From a café in Lisbon to a tent in Kyrgyzstan — the exact hardware, software and systems I use to stay in flow on the move.
reflection
On Deep Work and Deep Water: A Freediving Experiment
I spent a week alternating between writing code and holding my breath underwater. Surprisingly related pursuits.
build log
I Built a CLI Tool to Plan Hiking Routes with AI
A weekend project that got out of hand. GPX files, elevation APIs, LLMs, and way too much terminal time.
life
The 5AM Ritual That Changed How I Write Code
Not a productivity hack. Just a quiet morning, a dark terminal, and the strange clarity that comes before the world wakes up.
Always in
motion.
I work remotely so I can be anywhere. Here's where the recent dispatches are coming from — and where I'm headed next.
See all adventures →Patagonia, Chile
Torres del Paine · W Trek
next →
Hokkaido, Japan
Backcountry ski · remote work
done ✓
Kyrgyzstan
Tian Shan range · horse trek
done ✓
Iceland
Laugavegur trail · midnight sun
done ✓
Nepal
Annapurna Circuit · EBC
done ✓