Latest posts — architecture, frameworks, and building things
I don't believe in astrology. I do believe in woo-woo — the name I give the gaps after the map runs out. A Sturgeon Moon, a blood moon, gamma rays, a sensitive brain, and the idea that everything left over after science is God.
September 11, 2026 • 8 min readEvery IDE makes you choose: ecosystem or performance. Anneal is a Rust-native VSCode extension host that runs existing JS extensions on embedded V8 with pre-compiled bytecode, supports native Rust extensions through the same interface, and ships with local-first AI. This is the manifesto — why open source, why the VSIX ecosystem, why local-first, and why the GUI vs TUI debate misses the point.
March 1, 2026 • 50 min readLoading cdbattags's jams...
Open source libraries, tools, and systems I've built
JWT library for OpenResty/NGINX using native OpenSSL binaries for lightning-fast crypto operations
Collaborative location recommendation app for sharing favorite spots with friends without public exposure
Multi-framework integration system for running React, Vue, and AngularJS together in a single application
Self-hosted map rendering service using OpenStreetMap, MapTiler, Docker, and Redis for worldwide coverage