From Building to Breaking – The Road to Becoming a Hacker

I started writing software when I was in high school about 20 years ago. I didn’t program computers, I actually started on the Texas Instruments TI-83+ Graphing Calculator. Remember those? Since then, through my university and professional career, I’ve written a lot of code. I’ve also gotten some experience managing teams who write code, and […]

AI Sucks. AI is Awesome.

ChatGPT was launched on November 30, 2022. In just two months, it gained over 100 million users, becoming the fastest-growing consumer software application in history. And it kicked off our latest “AI craze”. In the years since, we’ve seen AI do some truly amazing things. And in my opinion, we’ve also seen it overblown and […]

Doing and Being

“Doing” is about accomplishing goals. Consistency. Taking one small step everyday. Realizing that life is made of of days, and days made up of moments. Making every one count, and making them add together to create the bigger accomplishments that we’re striving for. “Being”, though, is about who we are. How we show up in […]

My First 100 Youtube Subscribers

Over the last few months, I’ve been having a go at Youtube, sharing my journey in learning and improving as a chess player. I published this reflection on my first few months (and first 100 subscribers!) and wanted to share it here. If you’re interested in Youtube, or chess, or any sort of creative pursuit […]

Accomplishment in the New Year

A great life is nothing more than a series of days well lived strung together like a string of pearls. — Robin Sharma I’ve always struggled with new year’s resolutions. And I know I’m not the only one. A year is a long time. Along with the fact that it can be hard to stick […]

Growth vs Comfort

At work recently I was reintroduced to an interesting quote: Growth and comfort can’t coexist It kinda puts a name to something I’ve been feeling about myself lately. In a lot of ways, life is pretty comfortable. And in some areas I’ve been finding myself prioritizing comfort over the discomfort of growth. This concept is […]

TIL – My Tunnel Vision in Chess

Today I played the second day of a chess tournament, and I spent a little bit of time analyzing my games. I lost both of my games today, unfortunately, and I’ll write up a more full analysis of them when I get to it. But something I learned quite poignantly, is that I seem to […]

It’s just a number

Well, we’ve all had quite a few birthdays. But we only get a handful where the number on the left changes. I guess it’s as good a time as any for some reflection and musing. Apparently, a lot of things happened 30 years ago. In 1989, the Berlin wall came down, George H. W. Bush […]