Hi, welcome to my website & blog!
Iโm currently building Notion, which powers this website, in San Francisco, CA.
Here youโll find various musings about navigating work & life. ๐
Posts
Articles
Articles
Software experimentation sins
Nov 2024
A guide on how to do software experimentation less wrong.
Advice for students
Sep 2024
Some practical advice for college students in tech majors.
On debugging
Aug 2024
A mental model for diagnosing and fixing code issues faster.
Graphs of knowledge: computer science
Mar 2023
An exploration of the breadth and depth of a computer science career.
Donโt thrash the user: how UI/UX disruption erodes software trust & love
Nov 2022
An article on UI/UX thrash and how to minimize it.
So long, Meta: 3 years in a badge post
Aug 2022
Reflections on 3 years of building Facebook at Meta.
Personal Essays
Personal Essays
Headspace, part 2
Feb 2026
Continued explorations of seeing the self as a blob navigating an infinitely dimensional headspace.
On philosophy
Sep 2025
Notes on my personal moral philosophy and beliefs.
On music improvisation
Jun 2025
Aย rabbit-hole into the topic of music improvisation.
Headspace
Nov 2024
An exploration of seeing the self as a blob navigating an infinitely dimensional headspace.
Foraging
Jun 2024
On navigating ADHD.
Vulnerability
Feb 2023
On finding and cultivating vulnerability.
On Play
Oct 2020
A short read about the concept of play, inspired by childhood imagination and music.
Projects
Projects
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Dashboards at Notion
Mar 2026
Behind the scenes of building the dashboards feature at Notion.
Spot it!
Feb 2026
An exploration of the board game Spot it! and its math.
Shadbook: Design system docs
Apr 2025
A design storybook & web starter kit powered by shadcn.
Building Bomberman with Claude!
Nov 2024
Bomberman clone, built with help from LLMs
Databases at Notion
Apr 2024
I currently work on building out the databases product at Notion!
wustep.me: now powered by Notion
Nov 2022
In Nov 2022, I redid my website! Itโs now powered by Notion and the nextjs-notion-starter-kit repo.
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Profiles on Facebook.com
Aug 2022
Between 2019 and 2022, I helped build out Profiles at Facebook.com.
Highlighty: Phrase Highlighter Extension
Mar 2020
Highlighty is an open-source phrase highlighter extension.
Chorus: Multi-Device Coordination for Data Visualizations
Apr 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 2016
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 2016
For a class at The Ohio State University, I worked on an infographic for the marching band with two classmates, using D3.js.
Greenbears: Sports Management Website
Dec 2014
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.
Articles
Projects
Spot it!
Feb 2026
Shadbook: Design system docs
Apr 2025
Building Bomberman with Claude!
Nov 2024
Databases at Notion
Apr 2024
wustep.me: now powered by Notion
Nov 2022
Profiles on Facebook.com
Aug 2022
Highlighty: Phrase Highlighter Extension
Mar 2020
Chorus: Multi-Device Coordination for Data Visualizations
Apr 2018
Starry Night Sequencer: A MIDI Visualizer
Dec 2016
TBDBITL: An Infographic for The Best Damn Band In The Land
Dec 2016
Greenbears: Sports Management Website
Dec 2014