Horizons
July 25, 2024
As time moves forward, I feel like I am implicitly siphoning off potential futures that I once had a shot at. In my mind, that’s fine if I am sure that the path I’m on is a favorable one, or something to which I am well suited. Who knows?
Is JavaScript Doing Okay?
July 1, 2024
May we ever see a day when web browsers or their engines can run code in other languages straight out of the box? I wouldn’t hold my breath on it, but one can dream. JavaScript is likely to remain a cornerstone of web development for the foreseeable future, but the increasing adoption of WebAssembly and the development of new tools and standards could possibly point towards a more polyglottal future for web development.
From Fonts to Foibles
August 27, 2023
Part of me wishes that the world moved a little bit slower so that sending and receiving letters seemed like a reasonable practice, rather than a misguided if slightly charming attempt to conjure some relic of days past.
Students of the Cubicle
March 26, 2023
Expectations of qualifications in the hiring world seem only to go up in scope and complexity, so much so that I think people forget that they’re not meant to be in school forever. I hope that as I grow and gain new experiences I’ll get a clearer idea of how to address or attenuate this confound.
Under the Hood
December 24, 2022
Ultimately, my schedule is starting to constrain me to mostly technical coursework, and I’ve resisted less and less as time goes on. But I still find ways to integrate the humanities into my daily life. Oh, and ChatGPT put generative artificial intelligence on the map this autumn.
An Inconvenient Summer
September 4, 2022
At times my college journey has felt like a mosaic of shapeless clay—mesmerizing and directionless—and at times it’s felt like a pristine ceramic vase—coherent but brittle.
Sun’s Out, Guns Out
June 13, 2022
Students I saw on campus were washed up at the shore and stressed and hurting. When you’re in a state like that, the set of solutions to a differential equation suddenly isn’t that important anymore. So as the days went on, I sought to further a sense of purpose and community in my life and work.
The Imaginary Bird
March 25, 2022
Upon a journey to understand quantum hardware, algorithms, and theory among other subjects, the men and women behind what I study came into clearer view. Then, I thought, perhaps it is possible to be shielded from a storm by building a shelter with the very material that afflicts you.
Night and Day
December 10, 2021
In only a few months of on-campus life, I have met several new people, familiar faces, siblings of familiar faces, and colleagues from Zoom University. I’ve visited the Cantor Arts Center and attended football games. Perhaps college is a big all-you-can-eat buffet, with analogous agony and ecstasy.
California Dreamin’
September 16, 2021
After a remote freshman year, I am moving in today and at last and can independently confirm that my college campus exists.
Quarter 4: A Reflection
August 27, 2021
My internship gave me the chance to view the current political and journalistic landscape through code.
On Writing a Novel
August 25, 2021
As the fundamental laws of physics change when an object goes from the quantum scale to a normal Newtonian size, so a novel is not governed, necessarily, by the same principles as most forms of writing.
Quarter 3: A Reflection
June 18, 2021
When I computed my final Fourier transform on June 4 and handed in my last exam of the school year, the relief I felt was slight but nonzero nevertheless.
Quarter 2: A Reflection
March 19, 2021
With a couple of days until winter quarter started, reopening plans were canceled for the second time after several reaffirmations, and adapting to that news has taken the whole ten weeks.
Quarter 1: A Reflection
November 21, 2020
The subject matter of my courses has been endlessly fascinating.
A Panoramic View of Chicago
November 17, 2020
In this complex city, the camera can direct one’s attention to the forms, lights, shadows, and patterns that resonate the most, opening the mind to subjects that may have never gone noticed before.
The Great Exultation
June 18, 2020
“Harmony, balance, and rhythm. They’re the three things that stay with you your whole life.”
Music and Math
January 24, 2020
What’s the first thing you see when you look at a piece of sheet music? A fraction.
A Lifetime of Cars
October 31, 2019
For years, I had heard the urban myths and legends of a possible space-age Corvette with a mid-mounted engine. As of July, the dream is now the reality.
Breaking 300 in the Bugatti Chiron
September 3, 2019
When the Bugatti Chiron first debuted, I noticed that its speedometer went to 500 kilometers per hour—a bit over 300 miles per hour. Surely they were joking, right?