Articles & Essays
I don't have a hard and fast distinction for articles vs essays that I publish, but for me I think of essays to be much more heavily edited and focused than an article.
See a list of my favorite articles that I've written here.
Click tag links to navigate to its corresponding section on this page.
- Artificial Intelligence (2)
- Beer (8)
- Calendars (1)
- Cognitive Science (1)
- College (6)
- Community (1)
- Computer Science Education (2)
- Dating (2)
- Hosting (5)
- IndieWeb/Meta-blogging (4)
- Interior Design (6)
- Jekyll (9)
- Listening at a Distance (2)
- Living Better (12)
- Love/Romance (3)
- Loving Better (5)
- Maintaining a Second Brain (2)
- Music/Vinyl (5)
- Non-monogamy (2)
- Personal Style (2)
- Philosophy (7)
- Programming (1)
- Reading (2)
- Social Media (2)
- Software Engineering/Career (1)
- Urban Planning/Public Transportation (1)
- Veganism (1)
Posts By Date Published
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2024-11-06 (Article) |
Online Dating From An Abundance Mindset My case for how a change in your perspective toward online dating will make it a better overall experience. Tagged: Loving Better, Dating |
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2024-11-06 (Article) |
A Sunday gathering centered around football and board games with fun for everyone. Tagged: Hosting |
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2024-11-04 (Article) |
Building A Loft Bed (And The Importance of Community) A retrospective on building a loft bed and how difficult it would have been to do alone. Tagged: Interior Design, Community |
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2024-08-30 (Article) |
My submission to August 2024's IndieWeb Carnival topic: Rituals. Tagged: IndieWeb/Meta-blogging, Living Better |
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2024-08-22 (Article) |
Jekyll Page Backlinks Without Plugins Adding backlinks to pages in Jekyll in Pure Liquid. Tagged: Jekyll |
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2024-08-19 (Article) |
I Surveyed My Friends' Event Preferences - Part 2 Analysis of event preference survey results in regards to event type. Tagged: Hosting |
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2024-08-16 (Essay) |
The Joy of Creating Software For Others An essay about the joy of creating software for others and the love that it takes to make great software. Tagged: Programming, Loving Better |
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2024-08-15 (Article) |
I Surveyed My Friends' Event Preferences - Part 1 Analysis of event preference survey results in regards to event pricing, size, and timing. Tagged: Hosting |
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2024-08-01 (Article) |
My system for eating vegan at home, but non-vegan outside of the house. Tagged: Veganism |
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2024-07-21 (Article) |
An exploration of the relative implementation complexity of collecting and visualizing my own data. Tagged: IndieWeb/Meta-blogging |
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2024-07-05 (Article) |
A look into what RA as CNM might look like implemented, especially as an aromantic person. Tagged: Non-monogamy |
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2024-06-28 (Article) |
How to Answer Hinge Prompts (Effectively) Answering Hinge prompts effectively can increase both the quality and quantity of your matches. In this article, I discuss various techniques on how to better answer prompts and boost the strength of your profile. Tagged: Dating |
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2024-06-23 (Article) |
Asexuality, Attraction, and Desire A philosophical account of asexuality, sexual attraction, and sexual desire. Tagged: Philosophy |
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2024-06-22 (Article) |
An exploration of what personal style is and how to find it. Tagged: Personal Style |
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2024-06-09 (Article) |
Adopting Relationship Anarchy as CNM A personal exploration into Relationship Anarchy as a practice of Consensual Non-Monogamy. Tagged: Non-monogamy |
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2024-06-05 (Article) |
A reflection on my yearly word now that we are halfway through 2024. Tagged: Living Better |
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2024-05-21 (Article) |
Living alone, especially for the first time, can be daunting, but there are some things that you can do to make it far more enjoyable. Tagged: Living Better |
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2024-05-20 (Article) |
How to bulk edit Jekyll frontmatter with Python A guide on how to bulk edit Jekyll post frontmatter with python-frontmatter and oyaml. Tagged: Jekyll |
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2024-05-16 (Essay) |
We Need More IRL Friends to Lovers People love to read the friends to lovers trope, but why not bring it into their own lives? Tagged: Love/Romance |
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2024-04-12 (Article) |
Search with SimpleJekyllSearch My modifications to Jake Lee's configuration of SimpleJekyllSearch to fit my Digital Garden. Tagged: Jekyll |
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2024-04-01 (Article) |
Listening At A Distance March 2024 Edition The March 2024 edition of Listening at a Distance: A Monthly Co-Created Music Newsletter. Tagged: Music/Vinyl, Listening at a Distance |
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2024-03-01 (Article) |
Listening At A Distance February 2024 Edition The February 2024 edition of Listening at a Distance: A Monthly Co-Created Music Newsletter. Tagged: Music/Vinyl, Listening at a Distance |
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2024-02-28 (Article) |
Push vs Pull Social Media Usage Applying polling vs event driven systems architecture concepts to social media usage. Tagged: Social Media |
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2024-02-22 (Article) |
Should we abolish the concept of romantic love? Tagged: Love/Romance |
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2024-01-26 (Article) |
Outlining a model of social media usage that maximizes social interaction and engagement from close friends. Tagged: Social Media |
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2024-01-12 (Article) |
What Do I Do As A Data Engineer? An examination of what a Data Engineer is and the kind the projects I work on as one. Tagged: Software Engineering/Career |
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2024-01-06 (Article) |
Creating a Flexible Permalinking System in Jekyll How to create and maintain a flexible permalinking system in Jekyll for your posts. Tagged: Jekyll |
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2024-01-05 (Article) |
Setting my new word of year for 2024: Groove. Tagged: Living Better |
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2024-01-04 (Article) |
How do I decide my favorite breweries? An exploration of what it means to have a favorite brewery in the face of imperfection and changing tastes. Tagged: Beer |
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2024-01-02 (Article) |
My second ever year wrapped where I analyze my data in a Spotify Wrapped-esque manner. Tagged: Living Better |
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2023-12-29 (Article) |
Using jekyll-feed + XSLT with GitHub Pages A guide on how to set up and use the jekyll-feed plugin on GitHub Pages to create a stylized feed.xml for RSS feeds. Tagged: Jekyll |
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2023-12-19 (Article) |
Listening to a New Album a Day I tried listening to at least a new album a day for two weeks in order to find new music. Tagged: Music/Vinyl |
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2023-12-18 (Article) |
A reflection of my 2023 Word of the Year: Intention. Tagged: Living Better |
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2023-12-17 (Article) |
Analyzing my Untappd data after trying 1,000 unique beers. Tagged: Beer |
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2023-11-28 (Article) |
What Makes A Great Brewery Experience? There are a lot of good breweries, but what makes one great? Tagged: Beer |
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2023-11-28 (Article) |
A look at how my blog and I have changed over 50 posts to my blog. Tagged: IndieWeb/Meta-blogging |
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2023-11-27 (Article) |
Developing A Non-Hierarchical View of Friendships Friendships are one of the most important things in our life, and I think that we could all benefit from re-evaluating how we think about them. Tagged: Loving Better |
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2023-11-13 (Article) |
Post and Author Age Without Plugins How to display post and author age in Jekyll via JavaScript. Tagged: Jekyll |
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2023-11-10 (Article) |
What Are Hobbies and Interests? An examination of the essences of hobbies and interests and why that's helpful to you/how to put it into practice. Tagged: Living Better |
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2023-11-05 (Article) |
Various ways to try more craft beer and fill out that Untappd profile. Tagged: Beer |
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2023-11-01 (Article) |
My methodology for keeping track, purchasing, and minimizing cost of record shopping. Tagged: Music/Vinyl |
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2023-10-30 (Article) |
An event to listen to music & eat food in good company. Tagged: Hosting |
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2023-10-30 (Article) |
Bring a bottle to enjoy together with friends. Tagged: Hosting |
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2023-10-24 (Article) |
Reasons why you should give beer a chance. Tagged: Beer |
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2023-10-24 (Article) |
Reflections on whether playing music via vinyl and buying/collecting vinyl is a worthwhile endeavor. Tagged: Music/Vinyl |
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2023-10-18 (Article) |
The Walkability of Arlington, VA My personal experience and opinions on Arlington, VA and its urban planning. |
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2023-10-18 (Article) |
Human Consciousness is not Uniform A reflection about how and why human consciousness is not uniform. Tagged: Cognitive Science |
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2023-10-16 (Article) |
A reflection on whether or not my fields of study were "useful" and if I regret them. Tagged: College |
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2023-10-11 (Article) |
An examination of the reasons for moral unease around regifting and how to do properly in order to be more sustainable and anti-consumerist. Tagged: Loving Better |
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2023-10-06 (Article) |
My methodology of buying craft beer in a way that diversifies risk and maximizes enjoyment. Tagged: Beer |
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2023-09-22 (Article) |
A guide of how to live in tune with the seasons. Tagged: Living Better |
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2023-09-18 (Article) |
An Ode to Short Sleeve Button Down Shirts I am the number one short sleeve button down shirt apologist. Tagged: Personal Style |
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2023-09-13 (Article) |
How to light your rooms to make them feel warm. Tagged: Interior Design |
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2023-08-30 (Article) |
Choosing Seating For My One Bedroom Apartment My thought process and solutions found for seating in my one-bedroom apartment. Tagged: Interior Design |
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2023-08-28 (Article) |
Word Count Statistics Without Plugins Word Count Statistics Without Plugins Tagged: Jekyll |
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2023-08-28 (Article) |
Numeric Value Humanization Without Plugins Numeric Value Humanization Without Plugins Tagged: Jekyll |
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2023-08-28 (Article) |
How I improved my Liquid code in Jekyll to display posts by tag. Tagged: Jekyll |
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2023-08-26 (Article) |
How to Augment Your Memory With A Calendar A way to use your calendar to store temporal information for easy lookup and analysis later. Tagged: Maintaining a Second Brain, Calendars |
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2023-08-25 (Article) |
You should own your tools, and why I don't (yet). Tagged: Maintaining a Second Brain |
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2023-08-24 (Article) |
A practical model for algorithmic decomposition. Tagged: Computer Science Education |
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2023-08-24 (Article) |
A Mental Model of Programming as Data Manipulation A model for understanding computation that is good for beginners or people who are looking to learn program without too much Computer Science theory. Tagged: Computer Science Education |
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2023-08-23 (Article) |
A guide on how to get into craft beer. Tagged: Beer |
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2023-08-22 (Article) |
Using a Cork Board as an Art Display Tips about how to use and style a cork board as a way to display art instead of a gallery wall. Tagged: Interior Design |
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2023-08-19 (Article) |
Finding a Good Budget-Friendly Media Display Shelf My quest to find a cheap, aesthetic record and magazine display shelf. Tagged: Interior Design |
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2023-08-18 (Article) |
Using a Baker's Rack as a Beverage Bar Using a Baker's Rack, create the beverage bar of your dreams: serve up coffee or cocktails from a stylish work surface/storage solution. Tagged: Interior Design |
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2023-08-14 (Article) |
A framework for planning extracurricular involvement in order to achieve balance in your college life. Tagged: College |
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2023-08-14 (Article) |
A holistic framework for setting goals for the various aspects of your life during college. Tagged: College |
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2023-07-21 (Article) |
Love Languages Are Fake. So What? Love Languages were created by a somewhat problematic marriage counselor and are not evidence-based/supported by science. Does this mean that Love Languages should be scrapped entirely? I think that with some rehabilitation, the concept of Love Languages can still provide a lot of utility to people. Tagged: Loving Better, Love/Romance |
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2023-07-20 (Article) |
The results from reflecting about the things that I do (almost) everyday. Tagged: Living Better |
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2023-07-13 (Article) |
Choosing a Delivery Mechanism for New Blog Posts How can you distribute post notifications for a static site with no server-side code? Tagged: IndieWeb/Meta-blogging |
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2023-06-27 (Article) |
5 Lessons I Learned About Living Alone In summer of 2023, I moved into an apartment by myself and started living alone for the first time in my life. These are my reflections and lessons learned from the first month of living alone about the pros and cons of living alone. Tagged: Living Better |
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2023-05-22 (Article) |
On AI hype and why you can just watch it ride out for now. Tagged: Artificial Intelligence |
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2023-05-22 (Article) |
Could a Machine Like a Burrito? On the separation of consciousness and human-like qualities. Tagged: Artificial Intelligence |
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2023-05-10 (Article) |
Why I Log Every Beer That I Drink How and why I rate all the beers that I drink. Tagged: Beer |
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2023-05-09 (Article) |
Libraries and Starting My Own? A look at how libraries and librarians have shaped my life, and how I want to stay connected with them. Tagged: Reading |
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2023-03-06 (Article) |
An exploration of how my attitudes and habits toward reading have changed over time. Tagged: Reading |
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2023-02-26 (Article) |
Living Slower and More Intentionally A reflection on how in 2023, I want to live more intentionally. Tagged: Living Better |
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2022-12-25 (Article) |
A Spotify Wrapped-esque analysis of my Google Calendar data. Tagged: Living Better |
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2022-05-06 (Article) |
My Philosophy Degree in a Nutshell A retrospective at all the courses I took at UMBC for my Philosophy B.A. Tagged: College |
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2022-05-05 (Article) |
A retrospective at all the courses I took at UMBC for my Computer Science B.S. Tagged: College |
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2022-05-04 (Article) |
My Advice for Incoming College Students A collection of my advice for incoming college students that I wrote and compiled right before I graduated. Tagged: College |
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2021-12-15 (Essay) |
Theoretical Virtues of Major Theories of Time In this paper, I have two main goals. The first of which is to develop an account of why people believe or choose to believe certain scientific and/or metaphysical theories, with an focus on theories of time. In particular, I will argue that people choose to believe intuition-preserving theories of time (intuition-preservation as a theoretical virtue). Additionally, I consider if this is a good thing or not, and whether people should evaluate theories on the basis of intuition-preservation. The second goal is to use the developed account to examine the theoretical virtues of some of the most popular competing metaphysical theories of time, namely: Presentism, Growing Block Theory, and Eternalism. Tagged: Philosophy |
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2021-05-07 (Essay) |
In this paper, I will argue that, following the advice of the Buddhists and Stoics, we should extirpate anger from ourselves for the betterment of ourselves, and to a greater extent, our society. First, I will describe the Aristeolian “containment” view of anger. Then I will present an argument that anger is a categorically negative emotion. Next, I will consider a common objection, of which I think is the strongest pro-anger argument, that anger is actually good because it is a necessary moral emotion, especially in responding to instances of injustice. Finally, I will show why this is not a satisfactory explanation by arguing for grief, rather than anger, as a way to motivate against injustice. Tagged: Philosophy |
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2021-03-20 (Article) |
Why I Think IAP Spoofing is Stealing A philosophical argument as to why I think in-app purchase spoofing is theft. Tagged: Philosophy |
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2020-11-30 (Essay) |
Holes (Pretty Good Movie/Pretty Tough Ontological Question) In this essay I argue that holes cannot exist. Tagged: Philosophy |
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2020-11-21 (Essay) |
Evaluating Anti-Platonist Approaches to Mathematics In this paper, I will first explain Platonism and its relation to mathematics and reconstruct arguments against it to show how mathematical objects ultimately cannot exist. I will then explore logicism and formalism in order to critically evaluate how they create truth for mathematical propositions and the problems that they have that could or should prevent mainstream philosophical adoption. Finally, I will explain Benacerraf’s structuralism and why I think it is the best Anti-Platonist explanation for the philosophical foundation of mathematics. Tagged: Philosophy |
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2020-03-16 (Essay) |
Incongruity Theory in the Philosophy of Humor In this paper, I will first explain Platonism and its relation to mathematics and reconstruct arguments against it to show how mathematical objects ultimately cannot exist. I will then explore logicism and formalism in order to critically evaluate how they create truth for mathematical propositions and the problems that they have that could or should prevent mainstream philosophical adoption. Finally, I will explain Benacerraf’s structuralism and why I think it is the best Anti-Platonist explanation for the philosophical foundation of mathematics. Tagged: Philosophy |
Posts By Tag
Artificial Intelligence (2)
On AI hype and why you can just watch it ride out for now.
Could a Machine Like a Burrito?
On the separation of consciousness and human-like qualities.
Beer (8)
How do I decide my favorite breweries?
An exploration of what it means to have a favorite brewery in the face of imperfection and changing tastes.
Analyzing my Untappd data after trying 1,000 unique beers.
What Makes A Great Brewery Experience?
There are a lot of good breweries, but what makes one great?
Various ways to try more craft beer and fill out that Untappd profile.
Reasons why you should give beer a chance.
My methodology of buying craft beer in a way that diversifies risk and maximizes enjoyment.
A guide on how to get into craft beer.
Why I Log Every Beer That I Drink
How and why I rate all the beers that I drink.
Calendars (1)
How to Augment Your Memory With A Calendar
A way to use your calendar to store temporal information for easy lookup and analysis later.
Cognitive Science (1)
Human Consciousness is not Uniform
A reflection about how and why human consciousness is not uniform.
College (6)
A reflection on whether or not my fields of study were "useful" and if I regret them.
A framework for planning extracurricular involvement in order to achieve balance in your college life.
A holistic framework for setting goals for the various aspects of your life during college.
My Philosophy Degree in a Nutshell
A retrospective at all the courses I took at UMBC for my Philosophy B.A.
A retrospective at all the courses I took at UMBC for my Computer Science B.S.
My Advice for Incoming College Students
A collection of my advice for incoming college students that I wrote and compiled right before I graduated.
Community (1)
Building A Loft Bed (And The Importance of Community)
A retrospective on building a loft bed and how difficult it would have been to do alone.
Computer Science Education (2)
A practical model for algorithmic decomposition.
A Mental Model of Programming as Data Manipulation
A model for understanding computation that is good for beginners or people who are looking to learn program without too much Computer Science theory.
Dating (2)
Online Dating From An Abundance Mindset
My case for how a change in your perspective toward online dating will make it a better overall experience.
How to Answer Hinge Prompts (Effectively)
Answering Hinge prompts effectively can increase both the quality and quantity of your matches. In this article, I discuss various techniques on how to better answer prompts and boost the strength of your profile.
Hosting (5)
A Sunday gathering centered around football and board games with fun for everyone.
I Surveyed My Friends' Event Preferences - Part 2
Analysis of event preference survey results in regards to event type.
I Surveyed My Friends' Event Preferences - Part 1
Analysis of event preference survey results in regards to event pricing, size, and timing.
An event to listen to music & eat food in good company.
Bring a bottle to enjoy together with friends.
IndieWeb/Meta-blogging (4)
My submission to August 2024's IndieWeb Carnival topic: Rituals.
An exploration of the relative implementation complexity of collecting and visualizing my own data.
A look at how my blog and I have changed over 50 posts to my blog.
Choosing a Delivery Mechanism for New Blog Posts
How can you distribute post notifications for a static site with no server-side code?
Interior Design (6)
Building A Loft Bed (And The Importance of Community)
A retrospective on building a loft bed and how difficult it would have been to do alone.
How to light your rooms to make them feel warm.
Choosing Seating For My One Bedroom Apartment
My thought process and solutions found for seating in my one-bedroom apartment.
Using a Cork Board as an Art Display
Tips about how to use and style a cork board as a way to display art instead of a gallery wall.
Finding a Good Budget-Friendly Media Display Shelf
My quest to find a cheap, aesthetic record and magazine display shelf.
Using a Baker's Rack as a Beverage Bar
Using a Baker's Rack, create the beverage bar of your dreams: serve up coffee or cocktails from a stylish work surface/storage solution.
Jekyll (9)
Jekyll Page Backlinks Without Plugins
Adding backlinks to pages in Jekyll in Pure Liquid.
How to bulk edit Jekyll frontmatter with Python
A guide on how to bulk edit Jekyll post frontmatter with python-frontmatter and oyaml.
Search with SimpleJekyllSearch
My modifications to Jake Lee's configuration of SimpleJekyllSearch to fit my Digital Garden.
Creating a Flexible Permalinking System in Jekyll
How to create and maintain a flexible permalinking system in Jekyll for your posts.
Using jekyll-feed + XSLT with GitHub Pages
A guide on how to set up and use the jekyll-feed plugin on GitHub Pages to create a stylized feed.xml for RSS feeds.
Post and Author Age Without Plugins
How to display post and author age in Jekyll via JavaScript.
Word Count Statistics Without Plugins
Word Count Statistics Without Plugins
Numeric Value Humanization Without Plugins
Numeric Value Humanization Without Plugins
How I improved my Liquid code in Jekyll to display posts by tag.
Listening at a Distance (2)
Listening At A Distance March 2024 Edition
The March 2024 edition of Listening at a Distance: A Monthly Co-Created Music Newsletter.
Listening At A Distance February 2024 Edition
The February 2024 edition of Listening at a Distance: A Monthly Co-Created Music Newsletter.
Living Better (12)
My submission to August 2024's IndieWeb Carnival topic: Rituals.
A reflection on my yearly word now that we are halfway through 2024.
Living alone, especially for the first time, can be daunting, but there are some things that you can do to make it far more enjoyable.
Setting my new word of year for 2024: Groove.
My second ever year wrapped where I analyze my data in a Spotify Wrapped-esque manner.
A reflection of my 2023 Word of the Year: Intention.
What Are Hobbies and Interests?
An examination of the essences of hobbies and interests and why that's helpful to you/how to put it into practice.
A guide of how to live in tune with the seasons.
The results from reflecting about the things that I do (almost) everyday.
5 Lessons I Learned About Living Alone
In summer of 2023, I moved into an apartment by myself and started living alone for the first time in my life. These are my reflections and lessons learned from the first month of living alone about the pros and cons of living alone.
Living Slower and More Intentionally
A reflection on how in 2023, I want to live more intentionally.
A Spotify Wrapped-esque analysis of my Google Calendar data.
Love/Romance (3)
We Need More IRL Friends to Lovers
People love to read the friends to lovers trope, but why not bring it into their own lives?
Should we abolish the concept of romantic love?
Love Languages Are Fake. So What?
Love Languages were created by a somewhat problematic marriage counselor and are not evidence-based/supported by science. Does this mean that Love Languages should be scrapped entirely? I think that with some rehabilitation, the concept of Love Languages can still provide a lot of utility to people.
Loving Better (5)
Online Dating From An Abundance Mindset
My case for how a change in your perspective toward online dating will make it a better overall experience.
The Joy of Creating Software For Others
An essay about the joy of creating software for others and the love that it takes to make great software.
Developing A Non-Hierarchical View of Friendships
Friendships are one of the most important things in our life, and I think that we could all benefit from re-evaluating how we think about them.
An examination of the reasons for moral unease around regifting and how to do properly in order to be more sustainable and anti-consumerist.
Love Languages Are Fake. So What?
Love Languages were created by a somewhat problematic marriage counselor and are not evidence-based/supported by science. Does this mean that Love Languages should be scrapped entirely? I think that with some rehabilitation, the concept of Love Languages can still provide a lot of utility to people.
Maintaining a Second Brain (2)
How to Augment Your Memory With A Calendar
A way to use your calendar to store temporal information for easy lookup and analysis later.
You should own your tools, and why I don't (yet).
Music/Vinyl (5)
Listening At A Distance March 2024 Edition
The March 2024 edition of Listening at a Distance: A Monthly Co-Created Music Newsletter.
Listening At A Distance February 2024 Edition
The February 2024 edition of Listening at a Distance: A Monthly Co-Created Music Newsletter.
Listening to a New Album a Day
I tried listening to at least a new album a day for two weeks in order to find new music.
My methodology for keeping track, purchasing, and minimizing cost of record shopping.
Reflections on whether playing music via vinyl and buying/collecting vinyl is a worthwhile endeavor.
Non-monogamy (2)
A look into what RA as CNM might look like implemented, especially as an aromantic person.
Adopting Relationship Anarchy as CNM
A personal exploration into Relationship Anarchy as a practice of Consensual Non-Monogamy.
Personal Style (2)
An exploration of what personal style is and how to find it.
An Ode to Short Sleeve Button Down Shirts
I am the number one short sleeve button down shirt apologist.
Philosophy (7)
Asexuality, Attraction, and Desire
A philosophical account of asexuality, sexual attraction, and sexual desire.
Theoretical Virtues of Major Theories of Time
In this paper, I have two main goals. The first of which is to develop an account of why people believe or choose to believe certain scientific and/or metaphysical theories, with an focus on theories of time. In particular, I will argue that people choose to believe intuition-preserving theories of time (intuition-preservation as a theoretical virtue). Additionally, I consider if this is a good thing or not, and whether people should evaluate theories on the basis of intuition-preservation. The second goal is to use the developed account to examine the theoretical virtues of some of the most popular competing metaphysical theories of time, namely: Presentism, Growing Block Theory, and Eternalism.
In this paper, I will argue that, following the advice of the Buddhists and Stoics, we should extirpate anger from ourselves for the betterment of ourselves, and to a greater extent, our society. First, I will describe the Aristeolian “containment” view of anger. Then I will present an argument that anger is a categorically negative emotion. Next, I will consider a common objection, of which I think is the strongest pro-anger argument, that anger is actually good because it is a necessary moral emotion, especially in responding to instances of injustice. Finally, I will show why this is not a satisfactory explanation by arguing for grief, rather than anger, as a way to motivate against injustice.
Why I Think IAP Spoofing is Stealing
A philosophical argument as to why I think in-app purchase spoofing is theft.
Holes (Pretty Good Movie/Pretty Tough Ontological Question)
In this essay I argue that holes cannot exist.
Evaluating Anti-Platonist Approaches to Mathematics
In this paper, I will first explain Platonism and its relation to mathematics and reconstruct arguments against it to show how mathematical objects ultimately cannot exist. I will then explore logicism and formalism in order to critically evaluate how they create truth for mathematical propositions and the problems that they have that could or should prevent mainstream philosophical adoption. Finally, I will explain Benacerraf’s structuralism and why I think it is the best Anti-Platonist explanation for the philosophical foundation of mathematics.
Incongruity Theory in the Philosophy of Humor
In this paper, I will first explain Platonism and its relation to mathematics and reconstruct arguments against it to show how mathematical objects ultimately cannot exist. I will then explore logicism and formalism in order to critically evaluate how they create truth for mathematical propositions and the problems that they have that could or should prevent mainstream philosophical adoption. Finally, I will explain Benacerraf’s structuralism and why I think it is the best Anti-Platonist explanation for the philosophical foundation of mathematics.
Programming (1)
The Joy of Creating Software For Others
An essay about the joy of creating software for others and the love that it takes to make great software.
Reading (2)
Libraries and Starting My Own?
A look at how libraries and librarians have shaped my life, and how I want to stay connected with them.
An exploration of how my attitudes and habits toward reading have changed over time.
Social Media (2)
Push vs Pull Social Media Usage
Applying polling vs event driven systems architecture concepts to social media usage.
Outlining a model of social media usage that maximizes social interaction and engagement from close friends.
Software Engineering/Career (1)
What Do I Do As A Data Engineer?
An examination of what a Data Engineer is and the kind the projects I work on as one.
Urban Planning/Public Transportation (1)
The Walkability of Arlington, VA
My personal experience and opinions on Arlington, VA and its urban planning.
Veganism (1)
My system for eating vegan at home, but non-vegan outside of the house.