A small collection of essays and code experiments. Updated whenever I have something worth saying.
It pays to re-read the foundational systems papers every few years — what felt obvious the first time often turns out to be load-bearing. Notes on Lampson's Hints for Computer System Design and what holds up forty years later.
Built a tiny prototype to understand last-write-wins registers and why they aren't enough for collaborative text. About 200 lines of Rust; mostly an exercise.
A worm bin, a balcony, and a year of trial and error. What worked, what didn't, and the smell.
Notes from a re-read after twenty years. The novel reads differently when you've worked in big organisations.