A blog always felt like a commitment I wasn't ready to make. Post something, and it's out there - polished, permanent, dated. The pressure to have a take worth publishing kept me from writing anything at all.
A digital garden is different. The framing shifts from publishing to tending. Notes can be rough. Ideas can be half-formed. A post can start as a seedling and grow into something more over time, or stay small and that's fine too.
What I'll write about
Mostly things I'm thinking through or learning:
- Engineering - system design decisions, things I've built, tools I've found useful
- Readings - notes on books and articles I've found interesting
- Personal - life in Melbourne, badminton, side projects, the usual mix
I'm not optimising for consistency or a niche. I'm writing to think, and if someone finds it useful, that's a bonus.
Why now
I've been keeping notes privately for a while - in Notion, in random markdown files, in my head. Making them public is just a way to give them a little more shape and care.
If you're reading this, welcome. Things here will evolve.