A New Chapter: Why I'm Starting to Write
I’ve been meaning to start a blog for years.
Not in a vague, wishful way — I mean I’ve had draft posts sitting in Notion, half-finished ideas in my notes app, and a dozen “I should write about that” moments that never made it to a page. There’s always been a reason to wait: not enough time, not sure of the angle, worried the writing won’t be good enough.
So this post exists to break that habit. No grand thesis. No perfectly structured argument. Just a commitment to start.
A little about where I’m coming from: I’m a software engineer and STEM educator, currently building at NuStudio AI. My work lives at the intersection of machine learning, education, and the messy, exciting process of figuring out what’s actually useful to build. I’ve been fortunate to learn from incredible people and interesting problems — and I’ve been terrible at writing any of it down.
That changes now.
What do I want to write about? A few things I keep thinking about:
ML and AI — not breathless hype, but the practical reality of building with these tools day to day. What actually works. What breaks. What I wish someone had told me earlier.
Data — how we collect it, how we misuse it, and how to think clearly about what it’s telling you.
Career and craft — how to grow as an engineer, how to navigate the early years of a startup, and the quieter questions around what kind of work is worth doing.
STEM education — what it means to teach well, why curiosity is worth protecting, and the students who’ve taught me as much as I’ve taught them.
Music and life — because not everything has to be about work.
I don’t know exactly what this blog will become. Probably some posts will be long and thoughtful. Others will be short and barely-formed. I’m more interested in showing up consistently than in getting every piece right.
If something I write is useful to even one person — helps them think through a problem, feel less alone in a struggle, or just pass the time on a slow afternoon — that’s more than enough.
Here we go.