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Notes on code, classrooms, and starting over

Short essays on machine learning, database engineering, teaching, and the day-to-day work of learning German well enough to study in it.

Reflection · 8 min read

What it actually takes to rebuild a career and a vocabulary at the same time — and why neither one waits for the other.

Career · 6 min read

Two years as an assistant professor changed how I write software — and how I explain it to other people.

Language learning · 7 min read

Treating grammar like a schema, vocabulary like a dataset, and the Integrationskurs like the hardest, most important course I've taken.

Engineering · 6 min read

Notes from building and maintaining the systems that supported Afghanistan's National Examination Authority.