Especially the Android developers trying to get Vaxicode released in the Play Store.

I've been feeling uncomfortable with how I've been managing my social presence over the last few years. I've been having problems with sleep, which I think are readily attributable to my usage of social networks. I'm a passionate doomscroller, looping between social platforms to reload over and over again, hoping for a hit of dopamine … Continue reading Reorganizing my social presence →

So, I wanted to give a career update. At the beginning of the year, I left my job at Wikipedia to join a news startup called MTTR. I've spent that time working with the MTTR team to design and plan the app. One thing I learned over this period was that not every startup needs … Continue reading News about my work →

Like many men during the COVID-19 pandemic, I've grown some unreasonable facial hair. Here's me now: Here's me in March of 2020, same hoodie, clean as a bespectacled egg: I got the idea to grow a moustache from my daughter, Amita. I started playing the game Red Dead Redemption 2 almost immediately after the pandemic … Continue reading About My Moustache →

I recently left my job at the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) to head up engineering at MTTR. I'm proud of the hard work my team at WMF did, making it easier for developers to get content and data from Wikipedia and its sister projects. I want to highlight the API Platform that we built, and celebrate … Continue reading The New API for Wikipedia →

I started a new job as Director of Engineering at MTTR at the beginning of January. I'm really excited about the company and the work. I want to tell friends and colleagues why. I've been concerned over the last few years about how our technology, especially media technology, is hurting us personally and socially. News … Continue reading My New Job at MTTR →

I was thinking this morning that a year is real; it's the period of revolution of the earth around the sun. But New Year's Eve is an imaginary and arbitrary boundary point in that revolution. That got me wondering if there are any more natural and observable year boundaries. The solstices and equinoxes are good … Continue reading Year boundaries are imaginary →