Writing archive

Everything I’ve published here.

Long-form articles, technical notes, project write-ups and the occasional detour into something I wanted to understand properly.

Consumer testing

I bought a “1TB” EATOP flash drive. It failed the capacity test.

I tested an EATOP flash drive sold as 1TB. It reported 1.01TB to the computer, but ValiDrive validated only 139GB of continuously valid storage.

2026-09-21 · 12 min read

Web development

Why I rebuilt my professional blog as a static site

I wanted a site I could understand end to end: fast pages, clean HTML, no database dependency, and a publishing workflow that stays out of the way.

2026-09-20 · 6 min read

Software

A website should still work when the clever parts fail

Animation, JavaScript and visual polish can improve a site. They should never be the only reason the site works.

2026-09-17 · 5 min read

Technology

The small details that make software feel finished

The quality of software usually shows up in the moments nobody puts on the feature list: sensible defaults, predictable behavior and fewer needless interruptions.

2026-09-12 · 7 min read