Notes
What broke, and what I measured.
Short write-ups from my projects: the problems that came up and the results.
Oct 2026 · PaperTrader · Backend engineering · 2 min read
When two orders race
How account locks and transactions keep trades consistent when requests arrive together.
Aug 2026 · LandMarked · SummerHacks · 1 min read
Why 41 map markers overlapped
A pulse animation replaced the transforms MapLibre used to position our markers. Changing the animated property fixed it.
Jul 2026 · CodeCite · Retrieval evaluation · 2 min read
The reranker didn’t win
Comparing retrieval results with and without reranking on 30 building-code questions.