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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 has a hard …
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 …
Parenting is hard
Only when you have the wrong expectations. It is so easy to know what the right action is, but sometimes so hard to do it. Ayden is having a rough …
3 Idiots
One of the best Bollywood films ever made. On the surface it is a comedy about three engineering students, but underneath it is a sharp critique of an …
Crash
Paul Haggis’s interwoven drama about race and prejudice in Los Angeles. A film that forces you to confront uncomfortable truths. The structure …
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Ang Lee’s martial arts masterpiece. The fight choreography is breathtaking, especially the duel in the bamboo forest, but it is the story …
Entergalactic
Kid Cudi’s animated love story on Netflix. The art style is gorgeous and the soundtrack is incredible. It plays more like a long music video …
Fight Club
David Fincher’s provocative film about consumerism, identity, and rebellion. Even knowing the twist going in, it still lands. What resonated …
Joker
Heartbreaking to watch. The Joker has been my favorite villain for a long time, and what got me here is that they finally showed the human side of …
Life Is Beautiful
Roberto Benigni’s heartbreaking and uplifting film about a father shielding his son from the horrors of a concentration camp by turning it into …
Moneyball
Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, revolutionizing baseball with data. A story about challenging the status quo and the courage to be different. You do not …
Oppenheimer
My #1. I grew up reading about these scientists in my textbooks, just names on a page with equations attached to them. Seeing them walk around as …
Pan's Labyrinth
Guillermo del Toro’s dark fairy tale set against the backdrop of post-Civil War Spain. The creature design and storytelling are stunning. What …