I'm Don and I'm building my small corner of the internet.
Father, husband, software engineer, beginner homesteader, reader, and writer. I hardly have time for any of this, but I explore ideas through essays, notes, code, and the occasional rant. Also, a humble provider of materials for Christendom 2.0.
Essays
I use essays to build out broad frameworks of ideas.
A Treatise on AI Chatbots Undermining the Enlightenment
On chatbot sycophancy, passivity, and the case for more intellectually challenging companions.
February 13, 2024Building Design Systems That Actually Work
Lessons learned from building and maintaining design systems at scale.
December 28, 2023Example Article with Components
Demonstrating how to use React components in MDX. This is important for the future of the website. Lets make this longer so that we can test the layout of the article.
January 1, 2024The Future of Remote Work
What we learned from two years of distributed teams.
November 15, 2023Software Engineering as Spiritual Practice
How the discipline of writing code mirrors contemplative traditions. On debugging as confession, refactoring as repentance, and the theological implications of creating systems that must handle failure gracefully.
2.01.2024Why Terminal Interfaces Never Die
A brief meditation on why command-line interfaces persist in an age of polished GUIs. Perhaps the answer lies not in nostalgia, but in the raw honesty of unadorned text and the focused clarity it demands from both creator and user.
1.08.2024Heavenly Minded
How and why Christendom is replacing Secularism in the West. A deep dive into the cultural and spiritual shifts happening in modern society.
11.20.2023Notes
Sometimes I just want to jot down a few thoughts. Those are notes.
Hello Sun
Morning reflections on the simple beauty of sunrise and the rhythm of daily life.
Leaving Flatland
Thoughts on expanding our dimensional thinking and breaking free from limited perspectives.
The First Manned Mission to Mars: Implications for IPFS
Exploring how distributed technology might support future space exploration and colonization efforts.
Christendom 2.0
How and why Christendom is replacing Secularism in the West
Local-First Software
Why the future of computing might be less centralized than we think.
On Reading Slowly
Against speed reading and in defense of taking your time with books.