Notes
Thinking out loud about infrastructure, imaging, and the systems I build to keep it all running.
A Pattern Language, revisited
Alexander wrote a book about buildings that accidentally describes good infrastructure, good software, and good notes.
Dashboards that don’t lie
A dashboard is a claim about what matters. Most of them are claims nobody meant to make.
Flight logs as journals
The drone keeps better records of my year than I do. Altitude, weather, hesitation — it’s all in there.
Backup religion
inner circleThe full 3-2-1 layout, with the parts I’d only admit to people I trust: what isn’t backed up, and why.
Reading the site like a sensor array
Construction sites broadcast their state constantly — you just need to decide which signals are worth a receiver.
The quiet hours
Guarding two hours a day from screens, servers, and the feeling that everything needs tending.
Mesh networking the acreage
Getting usable signal to the shop without trenching fibre through frozen clay: hops, haywire, and one very load-bearing tree.
Notes on note-taking
inner circleHow the vault actually works — folder truths, link discipline, and the daily-note habit that feeds the constellation.
Winter flying checklist
Cold-weather RPAS ops, learned the slow way: batteries, condensation, and knowing when the answer is no.
The homelab is the hobby
Stop pretending the server rack is saving you money. It’s a workshop, and workshops are allowed to exist.
Slow photography
Deliberately shooting less: one location, one hour, twelve frames, and whatever the light decides to do.