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• Weekend in Bend

  Posted on August 9, 2025

  We drove up to Bend last weekend to visit with some good friends from college. It’s a long drive from Napa, but splitting it up into two parts each way and spending a night in Shasta made it much more palatable for both us and Rory. Add in a few... [Read More]

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  • travel

• Thoughts on teaching developers to embrace AI

  Posted on April 27, 2025

  I’m thinking a lot about AI-assisted software development at work. I believe that it will (already is?) transform how software engineers build systems - I don’t think we’ll be out of a job, but I do think it’ll be a shift on the order of the transition from assembly code... [Read More]

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  • AI
  • software-development

• My favorite videogames of 2024

  Posted on January 5, 2025

  Honorable mention: Starcraft 2 I have a long history with RTS games (I played Warcraft 2 before I could read!) and I picked up Starcraft 2 again this summer while on leave. It’s still incredible, and I don’t know how any RTS game will top it. Shoutout to PiG bronze... [Read More]

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  • videogames

• You should play Metaphor ReFantazio

  Posted on December 15, 2024

  I rolled credits on Metaphor ReFantazio this week, wrapping up my 65 hour run with this impressive RPG. I’m well-versed in Western RPGs, from the original Baldur’s Gate and Icewind Dale games to Divinity and Dragon’s Dogma, but I have never put a substantial amount of time into a turn-based... [Read More]

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  • review
  • videogames

• Mt Judah tour

  Posted on December 1, 2024

  I started the 2024-25 ski season yesterday with a lovely tour to a new area, the backcountry just out of bounds near Sugar Bowl resort. After parking at the Donner Summit information area around 9am, I began my climb up the ridge towards Mt Judah. Nice views of the resort... [Read More]

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  • trip-report
  • skiing

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