by Tyrel — A commonplace book for code, craft, and quiet hours.
Software developer, slow writer, sometimes gardener. This page is the part of the blog where I stop hiding behind the third person.
I write software for a living and for fun, which is a useful arrangement on the days when those are the same thing and an awkward one on the days when they aren't. Most of my professional life has been spent in JavaScript — browsers, Node, the occasional React app that outgrew its good intentions. On evenings I'm learning Rust slowly, the way you learn a new instrument: with enthusiasm, a lot of wrong notes, and a patient partner in the form of the compiler.
I grew up on the prairie and still live here. Flat horizon, long light, cold that teaches you to notice indoor warmth. I keep a notebook on the kitchen table and another in my coat pocket. If you see me looking at a wall for a long time, I am probably debugging something, or remembering a sentence I want to write down later.
This site is a commonplace book — part journal, part working-notebook, part letter to whoever's reading. I publish when I have something to say and not before. You won't find a posting schedule because I don't believe in them for myself.
No trackers. No cookies. No popups. No AI-generated copy.
I'm slow but I read everything. Ping me on X, poke around on GitHub, or grab the RSS — whichever suits.