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• Jun 29, 2026

  A portfolio that is not vibe-coded

  Why this site is set like a journal, ships almost no JavaScript, and leans on a single cobalt accent instead of the usual gradient hero.

  • meta
  • design
  • astro
• Jun 15, 2026

  Doing security like a developer

  I did not start in security. I started by building things, and that is exactly why the security side makes sense to me.

  • security
  • identity
  • engineering
• May 12, 2026

  What an ISMS actually asks of you

  I expected ISO 27001 to be a checklist of controls. It turned out to be a habit, and it quietly changed how I think about security.

  • security
  • iso 27001
  • grc
• Apr 20, 2026

  Inheriting a production app

  Taking over a live portal I did not write, with six integrations holding it together, and learning that the first real work is reading.

  • software
  • engineering
  • maintenance
• Mar 22, 2025

  Learning graphics by writing the renderer yourself

  I wanted to know how a triangle becomes a pixel, so I wrote two renderers in C++, one on OpenGL and one on Vulkan. Here is what stuck.

  • graphics
  • c++
  • game dev
• Nov 18, 2024

  Ammo = Life: one mechanic, no health bar

  I built a shooter around a single stubborn idea: your ammo is your health. Here is what that one rule did to the whole game.

  • game dev
  • design
  • unity