Writings

Code & verse

Two streams from the same desk: things I've learned building software, and the occasional poem that escapes the terminal.

code

I tested whether Blastr's risk scores actually predict reverts

235 PRs across four open source repos, scored at merge time with no future information. Reverted PRs scored higher. Here's the study, the numbers, and the parts that didn't work.

Aug 2, 2026

code

Launching Blastr: know the blast radius before you merge

A free GitHub Action that finds the risk hiding around your diff, not just inside it. Why I built it, how it works, and where it came from.

Jul 12, 2026

code

Desktop 99, mobile 84: debugging a slow Lighthouse score

Same site, same deploy: fast on desktop, sluggish on mobile. Here's how I closed the gap, and the fixes I deliberately skipped.

Jun 24, 2026

verse

Catharsis

The death of an old self — a tarnished vessel, a monarch's pact, and the long, cold march toward nirvana.

Mar 15, 2026

verse

Tale

On love — passion and tragedy, Orpheus and Penelope, and the patient, rooted kind that finally found me in you.

Jan 20, 2026

verse

Pillar

From a battlefield of cold and chaos to a single, grossly incandescent light — a pillar that pieces a shattered reality whole.

Nov 3, 2025

verse

Prisoner

A descent into dread — the dark horse at the seams of reality, and a last supper that begins with Judas' stare.

Sep 12, 2025

prose

Thus sang Abdelmoula!

A bone-tired man, a stolen night's sleep, and the absurd little bird he comes to love — on loneliness, and what we let back in.

Jun 30, 2025