Transmissions

Notes from the field.

Engineering write-ups on distributed systems, web architecture, and lessons collected while shipping software solo.

Neumorphism That Actually Ships

Soft UI died in 2020 mood boards because nobody solved contrast and states. A practical system for neumorphic design that survives real users.

Why an immutable event log beat a mutable points column for Sigma's gamification engine — and what it cost to get there.

Kubernetes has a reputation for being enterprise overkill. On a single VPS with k3s, it became the most boring part of my stack.