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Writing about tech, interviews, and things I'm learning.

2026-04-15·8 min read

My FanCode Interview Experience

A detailed breakdown of my interview process at FanCode — the rounds, the questions, what I prepared, and what I'd do differently.

interviews
2026-03-22·12 min read

How Memory Allocation Actually Works

From malloc to garbage collectors — understanding what happens when your program asks for memory, and why it matters.

tech
2026-02-10·4 min read

Why I Started Writing

Writing isn't just for writers. It's the best debugging tool I've found for my own thinking.

personal
2026-01-20·6 min read

Elden Ring: Systems Within Systems

What a game about dying repeatedly taught me about system design, emergent behavior, and the beauty of well-crafted difficulty.

games

More coming. Writing is a slow craft.

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