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Writing about software, startups, personal finance, and the occasional product review.

  1. Finance

    Hedge Your Emotions

    I bet against the team I wanted to win, not because I thought they would lose, but to make either outcome hurt a little less.

  2. Software EngineeringX thread

    What Mattered While Building Mercury Command

    A brief thread on the engineering choices behind Mercury Command, from user approval and live account data to scoped AI instructions and saved chat history.

  3. Tech

    Claude Bought Me a Car

    I had Claude email 20 car dealerships and negotiate over $2,000 off MSRP on a car no dealer in California would budge on.

  4. Software Engineering

    TanStack Route Jumper — A VS Code Extension I Built

    A VS Code extension that lets you instantly jump to any route's source file in TanStack Router projects.

  5. Software Engineering

    Next.js Route Jumper — A VS Code Extension I Built

    A VS Code extension that lets you instantly jump to any route's source file in Next.js projects.

  6. Finance

    YNAB for the Middle Class

    YNAB is an exceptional budgeting tool, regardless of your income level

  7. Tech

    How I Set Up a New Mac

    These are the first things I do when I set up a new Mac