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Starting a Portrait Photography Business

For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get my photography side hustle off the ground. My initial assumption was simple: people are always …

Dec 18, 2025 · 2 min

Photography vs Programming: a Minimalist Perspective

As I build my photography side hustle while working full-time as a software engineer, I keep returning to one idea: minimalism. Both fields pull me in …

Oct 11, 2025 · 2 min

What Would You Do When You Retire?

We’ve all heard the classic question: “What would you do if you won a million dollars?” It’s a fun daydream, but let’s be honest, most of us know …

Sep 22, 2025 · 2 min

LLMs and an old dev

A lot of developers seem to be afraid of generative AI and LLMs because it may replace their jobs. But as an older developer who sometimes have a hard …

Jun 10, 2025 · 1 min

Raising Mentally Strong Kids

Raising Mentally Strong Kids (affiliate link) is one of better parenting books that I read recently. Highly recommended, 5/5. A lot of parenting …

Mar 26, 2025 · 1 min

The Courage to Be Disliked

Just finished listening to The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi. The book is in the form of dialogue between philosopher and a youth. It …

Jan 30, 2025 · 1 min

Photography in the age of Generative AI

Generative AI has made my job as a software engineer much easier, but it’s also a bit scary. The question everyone is asking is whether AI will …

Dec 21, 2024 · 1 min

Former Developers and what are they doing now

Ski Mountaineering Shop jcborro on HN is opened a ski mountaineering shop after 20 years in software development. …

Aug 9, 2024 · 1 min

The things you own end up owning you

“The things you own end up owning you.” - Chuck Palahniuk. I was minimalist. It was very easy and stress-free life. I did own many things …

Feb 6, 2024 · 2 min

Parenting is hard

Only when you have wrong expectations. It is so easy to know what is right action but sometimes so hard to do it. Ayden is having rough morning. Well …

Sep 30, 2023 · 1 min