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Thoughts on software engineering, technology, and my journey.

From Dream to Reality

My journey as a Student-Athlete in the USA

Nov 18, 20245 min read

WeeklyCommitPersonalLearningSoftware Engineering

Introducing Weekly Commit

Starting a weekly post about something I learned, broke, fixed, or finally understood. Think git commit -m "learned something".

Apr 26, 20262 min read

WeeklyCommit.NET.NET MAUIMVVMLearning

Weekly Commit #001

First entry of the series: exploring a .NET 9 to .NET 10 migration and first contact with .NET MAUI, MVVM, and XAML coming from a web/MVC background.

May 6, 20262 min read

WeeklyCommit.NET.NET MAUIiOSAOTLearning

Weekly Commit #002

Migrating a .NET MAUI app from .NET 9 to .NET 10: Android sailed, iOS sank. Learning AOT vs JIT the hard way, fixing the build, and discovering a startup-time watchdog crash.

May 10, 20264 min read

WeeklyCommit.NET MAUIiOSAndroidLearning

Weekly Commit #003

Last week's iOS startup theory unravels into a version-specific bug on 26.3.1, an Android Debug-vs-Release crash from .NET 10 marshal methods, a nav-bar safe-area fix, and the new Now tab on the site.

May 18, 20263 min read

WeeklyCommitPersonal/nowWriting

Weekly Commit #004

Where the /now tab idea actually comes from: Derek Sivers' 2015 post, the quiet movement that followed, and why a snapshot beats a bio.

May 25, 20263 min read

WeeklyCommitAuthenticationJWTBackendLearning

Weekly Commit #005

Sprint 1 of the Beta phase: building the auth foundation across backend, mobile, and web. JWTs, refresh tokens, RBAC, a revocation list, and the auth interceptor pattern implemented twice.

May 31, 20263 min read

WeeklyCommitBackendSprintsCILearning

Weekly Commit #006

Four sprints in one week on top of last week's auth foundation: activity management, turning the prototype into live domains with a discovery map, and locking the whole thing down with CORS and a CI pipeline before showing anyone.

Jun 7, 20264 min read