"The only constant in life is change" - Heraclitus
Blogs and Tweets and Blogs
New blog, who dis?
It's been forever since I've had a long-form blog, but wanted a place where I could...
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experiment with a static blog format and
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save some money by publishing this on AWS (despite cursing Bezos every day) and
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learn some more about the technical innards (AWS/python,etc)
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as usual, shouting into the nothingness while the world falls apart makes me feel better. A little.
This is a general blog, so will talk a little technology, a little politics, and a little travel. I'm also on Bluesky for microblogging, but I don't post messages there much anymore.
Travel
I’ve been doing a lot of traveling lately, and it's been on my mind a lot. I’ve realized I am, at my core, an explorer - of ideas, places, and the friction of new experiences. Amsterdam is a fantastic home base but for me, ‘settling down’ isn’t about fixed coordinates or a static routine. It’s about maintaining a core group of friends while keeping an eye on the next horizon. Some people find comfort in the known...I hunger for the transition.
AI
I built the 'publishing engine' for this with the help of Google's Gemini - I could have (eventually) written the python myself but I wanted to see if I could be the concert-master while the supercomputer played the orchestra. It's a RELATIVELY simple setup (see colophon for more info).
Note: To see more of my travel updates, check my Instagram.