Hi, welcome to my website & blog!
Iβm currently building Notion, which powers this website, in San Francisco, CA.
Here youβll find various musings about navigating work & life. π
Posts
Articles
Articles
Software experimentation sins
Nov 17, 2024
A guide on how to do software experimentation less wrong.
Advice for students
Sep 23, 2024
Some practical advice for college students in tech majors.
On debugging
Aug 4, 2024
A mental model for diagnosing and fixing code issues faster.
Graphs of knowledge: computer science
Mar 2, 2023
An exploration of the breadth and depth of a computer science career.
Donβt thrash the user: how UI/UX disruption erodes software trust & love
Nov 28, 2022
An article on UI/UX thrash and how to minimize it.
So long, Meta: 3 years in a badge post
Aug 8, 2022
Reflections on 3 years of building Facebook at Meta.
Personal Essays
Personal Essays
On philosophy
Sep 15, 2025
Notes on my personal moral philosophy and beliefs.
On music improvisation
Jun 29, 2025
AΒ rabbit-hole into the topic of music improvisation.
Headspace
Nov 7, 2024
An exploration of seeing the self as a blob navigating an infinitely dimensional headspace.
Foraging
Jun 25, 2024
On navigating ADHD.
Vulnerability
Feb 1, 2023
On finding and cultivating vulnerability.
On Play
Oct 4, 2020
A short read about the concept of play, inspired by childhood imagination and music.
Projects
Projects
Shadbook: Design system docs
Apr 6, 2025
I built a design storybook & starter kit powered by shadcn!
Building Bomberman with Claude!
Nov 30, 2024
I built a bomberman clone with help from LLMs!
Databases at Notion
Apr 14, 2024
I currently work on building out the databases product at Notion!
wustep.me: now powered by Notion
Nov 21, 2022
In Nov 2022, I redid my website! Itβs now powered by Notion and the nextjs-notion-starter-kit repo.
Profiles on Facebook.com
Aug 1, 2022
Between 2019 and 2022, I helped build out Profiles at Facebook.com.
Highlighty: Phrase Highlighter Extension
Mar 1, 2020
π§° Highlighty is an open-source phrase highlighter extension.
Chorus: Multi-Device Coordination for Data Visualizations
Apr 30, 2018
During my time as a Research Assistant for the Interactive Data Systems Group, I built a library for multi-device data coordination for data visualizations.
Starry Night Sequencer: A MIDI Visualizer
Dec 31, 2016
πΉ For a Design class, I built a MIDI data visualization on top of a GIF of Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night.
TBDBITL: An Infographic for The Best Damn Band In The Land
Dec 31, 2016
π₯ For a class at The Ohio State University, I tackled making an infographic for the marching band with two classmates, using D3.js.
Greenbears: Sports Management Website
Dec 1, 2014
π» My first large project was a CMS built in PHP for sports websites, built around 2013-14. The website was used by 60+ athletes and parents in my high school's cross-country and track & field teams.
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