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Cross-section of riveted industrial pipes: upper openings packed with gold coins and cash, lower chambers with small lived-in rooms, and a cracked joint pouring dark red sludge into an overflowing bucket
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El Trickle Down Sí Llegó

Trickle-down did arrive—not as shared wealth, but as extractive conduct from boardrooms to kitchen tables. On rates, integrity, and being the floor.

Yellow daisy split down the middle — left half in ordinary daylight, right half under ultraviolet light with dark nectar guides across the petals
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Presenting Vastitas Omniparens

A thirty-year side quest to name everything, and the loot was already sitting in a Roman poem the whole time. Here's the word.

Profile of a human head whose interior is a gothic cathedral; a hooded figure stands before a glowing archway inside the skull
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If God Had Gentle Parented Us

What if God had knelt instead of exiling us? Genesis as a parenting story — and how that first answer still shapes how we punish and how we parent.

Father working on a laptop while holding a laughing baby, with a young girl smiling and pointing at the screen beside him
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It Isn't Too Much Pressure

On spending the whole summer with my kids while working remotely, why presence gets miscast as pressure, and how maturing as a parent removes that friction.

Golden spiral of starlike sparks swirling against a deep navy background
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Happiness Is Moments

A reflection on happiness as moments rather than a permanent state: appreciation, rest, morning coffee, and a gratitude meditation at the end of the day.

Armored warrior with a glowing blue gauntlet and round blue shield stands before a massive stone tower as winged creatures fly overhead
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"Crimson Desert" Game Review

After 230 hours on PS5, Crimson Desert felt like a near-masterpiece: deep systems, unforgettable exploration, some repetitive quest structures, and a world worth living in.

Anime-style developer and a large robot buried in stacks of papers stamped LGTM, under a fiery orange-and-purple sky
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Rolling Back Main (And Why You Shouldn't Have to)

Practical guide for solo developers who need to undo bad commits on main, followed by an honest reflection on why it happened and how to avoid it when vibecoding with AI tools.

Wireframe human silhouette trailing streaks of golden light and particles across a dark background
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The Feeling Is Not the Problem

Feelings are not instructions—they are information. On integration as the third option between suppression and indulgence, and why the space between feeling and action is where character lives.

Notes on Puerto Rico: Sin Pie Forzao'
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Notes on Puerto Rico: Sin Pie Forzao'

A memoir-essay on Puerto Rico: economy, governance, and society—poverty, debt, healthcare, education, corruption—from a Boricua writing from the diaspora.

Arithmetic
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Arithmetic

A bilingual poem on my love as presence across distance. Inspired by my children.

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