How I built the wireframe flying-terrain hero on my portfolio homepage: Perlin noise on a plane mesh, sticky scroll overlap with the about section, and the performance trade-offs worth knowing before you ship WebGL to every visitor.
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Architecting Mental Models
I build scalable systems and share the engineering trade-offs and mental models that turn complex problems into clear, structured decisions.
About
Building things thatdemystify the 'why' behind the code.demystify the 'why' behind the code. evolve systems for long-term thinking. make the invisible logic visible.
I specialize in dissecting the architecture that holds a system together and the mental models that make it legible. I build software that isn't just scalable, but defensible — where every technical trade-off is intentional.
Whether I'm designing APIs, shipping production frontends, or writing about engineering systems, I bring curiosity and rigor to everything I build.
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Articles Written
Shared mental models
First Principles
Foundation
System-wide thinking
Architecture-First
Strategy
Design before code
Writing & Thinking
After shipping systems, I document how they work. I write about architecture, engineering trade-offs, and the mental models that help turn complexity into clear decisions.
- How I turned a stats dashboard into a research platform: pure strategies, point-in-time features, S3 and Parquet, DuckDB, and an odds-aware EV layer, so I can ask whether an idea would have worked, not just what the numbers look like.
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- Using a trading intelligence platform project to sharpen backend architecture, automation, testing, and system design skills.
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Featured Systems
A selection of real-world systems and applications I've built, with a focus on scalability, reliability, and measurable outcomes.
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