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Long-form writing on mechanical and software engineering, programming languages, and building for the long term. 3 articles.

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Notes on projects, tools, and shipping software and mechanical design.

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Notes on C++ ownership and lifetimes

Practical notes on expressing ownership and object lifetimes in modern C++ with smart pointers and references.

Building a fast static blog with Astro

Notes on building a fast, SEO-friendly static blog with Astro and Starlight, including content collections and Pagefind search.

Readable code over cleverness

A short essay on writing code that is easy to read, with small examples in TypeScript, Python, and C++.