This blog has been quiet for a long time.
Not because nothing happened, but because writing requires a kind of attention that’s easy to postpone. Things kept working, life moved on, and there was always a sense that I’d come back to this later.
Later took longer than expected.
Recently, a small but consequential technical problem forced me to slow down. It wasn’t dramatic, but it demanded care: understanding what was actually happening, resisting misleading interfaces, verifying assumptions, and moving forward only when the consequences were clear.
That process reminded me why I started writing here in the first place.
This blog was never meant to document flawless systems or finished thoughts. It exists to capture reasoning under uncertainty — the moments where tools are imperfect, information is partial, and judgment still matters.
Writing is part of that discipline. It forces structure. It exposes weak assumptions. It leaves something behind that can be revisited, questioned, or corrected later.
So this is not a promise of regular updates, or a change in direction. It’s simply a decision to start writing again when something is worth examining carefully.
The next post does exactly that: a practical account of maintaining old hardware, navigating misleading dashboards, and why thinking slowly is often safer than acting quickly.
It felt like the right place to resume.
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