Essays on philosophy, mathematics, software engineering — and the occasional rant.
On the Dichotomy of Control
Epictetus's first distinction, restated for people who think in policies and distributions.
Gambler's Ruin and the Mathematics of Runway
Why a positive edge is not enough: the classic ruin probabilities, and what they say about bankrolls, startups, and burnout.
Parse, Don't Validate — a TypeScript Field Guide
How to make illegal states unrepresentable at the boundary, with branded types, discriminated unions, and Zod.