• 5 PRs, 5 Projects, 1 Day: My First Open-Source Contributions

    5 PRs, 5 Projects, 1 Day: My First Open-Source Contributions

    I’ve been meaning to contribute to open source for a while. Not just in a vague “I should do that someday” way — but actually doing it. Finding a bug, fixing it, opening a PR, and shipping something real. Today I finally did it. Five times. Here’s what I worked on, what I fixed, and…

  • Life Update – Life Giving Lemons

    Life Update – Life Giving Lemons

    Most of the time, this blog is a mix of travel itineraries, random updates, and whatever coding project I’m currently tinkering with, like my weather app or my calculator app. But today’s post is a bit heavier. Claire and I are divorced. It’s hard to summarize the end of a marriage in a blog post,…

  • Sabbatical Part 2 – Wisconsin to Montana

    Sabbatical Part 2 – Wisconsin to Montana

    This post is leg 2 of Claire and my 4 part cross-country road trip. To read about the first leg of our trip, be sure to check out Sabbatical Part 1 – Florida to Wisconsin. Claire and I woke up in Madison, Wisconsin, packed out bags and hit the road. For Claire and I, this…