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10/2026The planet doesn't need more pledges. It needs proof.Recycling rates are flat, sustainability reports are greenwash, and the circular economy keeps failing for one reason: the data doesn't exist. Here is the framework I'm building to fix it.Sustainability · Circular Economy 10/2026Why Private LLM Apps Matter: The Case Behind MerrinCloud AI assistants keep a server-side copy of everything you tell them. Here is what the policies actually say, and why open-weight models running on your own device change the equation.Digital Privacy · AI 07/2025The Reason FoundersAreHiring Was CreatedWhy I built FoundersAreHiring to fix a hiring process that had stopped telling me anything useful about candidates.Startups · Hiring 04/2025Enforcing Git Commit Message Standards: A Simple Approach for TeamsA commit-msg hook and an imperative verb list that keep our Git history readable without slowing anyone down.Git · Engineering 03/2025Ditching Music Subscriptions for Something BetterCancelling streaming and buying albums gave my listening back, along with an old iPod and the click of the scroll wheel.Digital Minimalism · Music 03/2025Digital Minimalism for Founders: Cut the Noise, Regain Your FocusWhat changed when I deleted most of my apps, cut notifications, and stopped letting Slack reach me after hours.Digital Minimalism · Productivity 08/2023Photography Devices: A Personal ReviewEvery piece of kit I actually shoot with, what works, what annoys me, and what I'd buy again.Photography · Gear 08/2023Software to Blockchain to the MetaverseHow I got from writing software to blockchain to spatial computing, and what each shift actually taught me about starting companies.Entrepreneurship · Journey

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