Essays & Field Notes

Notes from the workshop.

Long-form thinking on ML engineering, developer tooling, and the quiet craftsmanship of systems that actually work. Written slowly — read at your own pace.

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Last updatedApr 21, 2026

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NewApril 21, 2026·12 min read

The Bugs That Cost Me Time: Shipping TimeLogger Across Four Apple Platforms

A field report on the bugs I hit while shipping TimeLogger across iOS, macOS, watchOS, and widgets — silent BLE back-pressure, timestamp comparisons that lie, Live Activities that outlive your process, and a handful of other footguns.

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Apr 16, 2026◇10 min read

Building TimeLogger: One Rust Binary, Four Apple Platforms

How I built a multi-device time tracker with a single Rust server as the brain and native Swift clients for iOS, macOS, and watchOS — syncing over Wi-Fi, BLE, and iCloud.

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Mar 20, 2026◇8 min read

My CLI Toolkit & How I Back Everything Up with Restic

A tour of the command-line tools I rely on daily as an ML engineer — from terminal multiplexing to fuzzy finding — and how I use Restic to keep bulletproof backups of everything that matters.

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