March 16, 20268 min read

Capacity Is the Roadmap

When I was young, I worked in carpentry during the summers. Summer was busy. New buildings had to go up. Stables needed repairs. Barns needed extensions. Sheds had to be built o...

March 13, 20268 min read

The Roadmap Is Not the System

A few years ago, my father decided to build a house in the . On the surface, it was easy to like the idea. A quiet place. A porch. A garden. Somewhere to disappear for a while....

March 11, 202618 min read

Torres del Paine W Trek

Torres del Paine was easily one of the hardest and most rewarding hiking trips I have ever done. From the outside, it looks like one of those perfect dream adventures. Jagged to...

March 6, 202615 min read

Escaping Status Theater

I still think about one migration project where everything was green until the final month. We did not have the luxury of extending the deadline. This was tied to external regul...

February 28, 202614 min read

Incentives Drive Everything

In early modern France, the monarchy kept running into the same problem. Wars were expensive, revenue was not steady, and every obvious solution came with a political price. New...