Back in 2010 I dove into WordPress, spent weekends tweaking themes, and posted whenever inspiration struck. I also tinkered with the server far more than I wrote. Inevitably the machine crashed, backups were missing, and the archive vanished in one swoop. (Lesson learned: backups are dull right up until they become priceless.) I attempted a few comebacks, but work ramped up and two small kids arrived, so the blog went into hibernation.
Now I’m back. Writing is still the best way I know to untangle ideas. As a firmware engineer in the semiconductor world, I juggle technical details that deserve a permanent home. With tools like ChatGPT, documenting those notes feels less like homework and more like having a tireless editor nearby.
Outside the office I run—slowly but steadily, at least 100 km a month. Once the shoes are on it’s hard to quit. The bathroom scale says there’s room for improvement, yet the miles help keep the numbers honest and justify the extra snacks.
Cooking is the other obsession. I experiment often, and the plates usually return empty—either from success or because the family is polite. I know my dishes still rely more on instinct than science, so I’ve been studying On Food and Cooking and The Food Lab to give them a sturdier foundation.
So this blog will be my digital notebook: part tech log, part running journal, part cooking diary. If nothing else, it will remind me why backups are important.
Stay tuned for posts about firmware bugs that kept me up at night, running milestones that kept me moving, and kitchen experiments that sometimes worked, and sometimes didn’t.
