Building to learn and learning to build. This is my journal, my experiment, my resume? Check it out, have a look around and get to know me a little. This place is an ever-evolving collection of my thoughts on technology, life, faith, and work, along with case studies of projects I've built and research notes I've compiled.
Build useful things, tell honest stories, and show up for people. Share what I’m learning so others can move with more courage, clarity, and hope.
I want this work to be more than output. I’m learning to be the kind of person who shows up, steady at home and useful in the world. That looks like working hard, seeking peace, and making things that genuinely help.
What ‘technical debt’ really is, when to take it, and how I’m evolving a file-based MDX workflow into a lean, server-side CMS with an editor, auth, and a relational database—without losing speed or portability.
I went from rejecting God to learning that love is action. Heartbreak, unexpected guides, and small acts of service pulled me into a living conversation with God.
A raw, personal tribute to my childhood best friend, Zak Conine. This is the first time I’ve shared our story publicly. For anyone who knew Zak, or wants to understand the bond we had, this is for you.
I'm designing a portable 'soul' for AI. In v0.1 I am planning the Essence File (.ess) schema, a local context planner, and a modular offline assistant loop (PTT → Whisper.cpp → llama.cpp → Piper) that can ingest a swappable 'soul chip.'
v0.5 focuses on privacy-first contact sharing (auth-gated QR with single-use tokens), a refined proposal PDF (clean typography, ToC, mission page, circular avatar), routing/CSP fixes, and UX polish across the CV header and downloads.
How a secret 1910 meeting at Jekyll Island set the stage for the Federal Reserve, how Bretton Woods made the dollar the world’s anchor, why the end of gold convertibility accelerated long-run debasement, and why Rome’s monetary collapse offers cautionary parallels as crypto matures. New policies like the Strategic Reserve, GENIUS Act, and Japan’s XRP adoption hint at the next monetary order — but the U.S. fiat system’s reliance on deficits makes collapse increasingly inevitable.