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15 posts

32 & starting 2024 with more energy
2024-02-02

32 & starting 2024 with more energy

2024 might be the year I become an early bird.

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Proposing to Nicole in Ortigia, Sicily
2023-07-16

Proposing to Nicole in Ortigia, Sicily

Last month I proposed to Nicole in a small town called Ortigia in Sicily, Italy. She said yes; my best friend of nearly eight years is now my fiancé.

#personal#travel
Doing great work
2023-07-09

Doing great work

Paul Graham wrote an insightful essay about doing great work that I really enjoyed. He gives advice about finding what you’re interested in to doing the actual work.

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31
2023-01-08

31

By the time I realized I should document my 30 year milestone, I had become almost 31 already 🤭.

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Coding bootcamps lie, but join one anyway.
2022-02-19

Coding bootcamps lie, but join one anyway.

The coding bootcamp I attended in 2015 lied to me.

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7 months at Square.
2021-12-06

7 months at Square.

Working at Square is awesome.

#code#personal
2020-03-11

Sitting vs Standing vs Kneeling

Three years ago, when I began my first and only full-time job as a computer programmer, I remember complaining about sitting for too long.

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Kobe Bryant and Mamba Mentality
2020-01-31

Kobe Bryant and Mamba Mentality

Kobe was not only a winner. Above all, Kobe showed why and how we was a winner in the media— more so than Michael Jordan or Lebron James ever portrayed on screen. He wanted the audience to know: this is how I am successful, and no one else works harder than I do.

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28 years old. What I learned in 2019
2020-01-09

28 years old. What I learned in 2019

2019 might have been the most difficult year in my life. It shouldn't have been, but it couldn't have felt any worse.

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I love Billie Eilish’s music, and I don’t know why.
2020-01-04

I love Billie Eilish’s music, and I don’t know why.

Billie Eilish is awesome.

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Solopreneurs: Beware Stripe Atlas
2019-04-22

Solopreneurs: Beware Stripe Atlas

Let’s talk about Stripe Atlas.

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Running is way more fun in the city.
2019-02-27

Running is way more fun in the city.

I started running a bit more regularly a year ago when my friend Catherine, a former coworker, started a running club for all running enthusiasts in the office. I was definitely interested.

#personal#fitness