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Now · Updated April 23, 2026

What I'm doing, right now.

A snapshot of what's on my workbench, my desk, and my mind. Inspired by Derek Sivers' /now movement. I update this when something meaningfully changes.

Building3
  • Native macOS life-OS — calendar, tasks, Canvas LMS, all in one keyboard-first surface. The unified CalendarFeed architecture is finally solid; now I'm focused on the planning engine's slot-finder and getting the recurrence expander 100% deterministic.

  • Notch-anchored class copilot. The notch UI works; the prompt engineering for fidelity across five note styles is where the time is going. Small local LLMs love to fabricate structure, and I'm building anti-fabrication heuristics into every template.

  • Edge-first computer-vision platform we co-founded. Past 1M reps. Currently focused on multi-camera sync improvements and pushing toward real-time corrective feedback at sub-100ms across more lift variations.

Reading3
  • Antenna theory & Maxwell's equations

    For the next iteration of the RF radar simulator — finally trying to understand the math under the propagation engine I built two years ago.

  • The Mythical Man-Month

    Re-reading after a year of managing interns at Hyperform. Lots of "oh that's why" moments.

  • Designing Data-Intensive Applications

    Background reading for the Meridian sync layer.

Listening2
  • Bach — Cello Suite No. 1, Prelude

    Practicing this on cello and piano simultaneously. They make different sense in each hand.

  • Bon Iver — SABLE,

    On heavy rotation in the workshop.

Tinkering2
  • Glove chord input

    Capacitive touch + ESP32, mapped to a stenotype-style chord set for the AR glasses.

  • Rebuilding my workshop

    Better dust collection on the lathe, a proper soldering station, and a CNC fixture plate that doesn't wobble.