What I'm up to right now
This is a /now page, inspired by Derek Sivers. Think of it as a snapshot of my life right now—what I'm focused on, what I'm learning, and what I'm saying no to. It's more personal than a resume and more current than an about page.
📍 Currently based in the Bay Area, pursuing my Master's in Information Technology while tinkering with Linux servers. Balancing between building resilient systems during the day and experimenting in my home lab at night.
📚 Learning
Kubernetes & Cloud-Native Everything
Finally taking the time to properly understand container orchestration beyond "docker-compose up". Service mesh, operators, CRDs—all the things that seemed scary before are starting to click.
System Design at Scale
Reading "Designing Data-Intensive Applications" and having those lightbulb moments where distributed systems concepts finally make sense. Also learning the hard way through production incidents (the best teacher).
Go Programming Language
Most of the tools I'll be working with as a Software Reliability Engineer are written in Go, and being able to read, modify, and contribute to them will be a core part of my job.
📖 Reading
Technical
Building Secure & Reliable Systems
by Heather Adkins
For Fun
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
by Eric Jorgenson
🌱 Life Outside Code
Health
Lifting 3x/week & cardio 5x/week. Not training for anything specific, just trying to build consistency and not feel like a zombie after sitting at a desk all day.
Bowling
The name of the game is consistency. There's something satisfying about the physics being predictable (unlike distributed systems).
Photography
Weekly adventures with my camera. No agenda, just seeing what catches my eye. Best way to clear my head.
Chess
Playing chess whether online or offline helps me stay sharp and think several moves ahead — both valuable skills in tech and in life.
🚫 Intentionally Not Doing
Being intentional about what I'm saying no to right now:
- ×New freelance projects — Focusing on my current work and side project instead of spreading myself too thin.
- ×Social media scrolling — Limited to 30 minutes a day. The rest of the internet can wait.
- ×Starting new side projects — I have a bad habit of starting things without finishing. Forcing myself to finish what I've started first.
- ×Chasing the latest tech trends — There's always something new and shiny. I'm learning to go deep instead of wide.
This page is inspired by the /now movement. If you have a website, you should make one too. It's a good reminder to stay focused on what actually matters right now.
Want to know more about my background? Check out my about page for the professional version of all this.
Curious about anything here?
If any of this resonates with you or you're working on similar stuff, I'd love to hear from you. Always down to chat about tech, photography, or why distributed systems are both fascinating and frustrating.