2025 was the first year I called myself a design engineer. I wasn't technical last year, though I've been a designer since 2020. In November of 2024 I started tinkering with v0. In January of 2025, G reached out on X, and I ended up working on v0 at Vercel in NYC from May-August 2025. In August of 2025, I joined Paradigm as our first founding design engineer.

I'm trying to recall what my new year's resolutions were. In January of 2025 I felt lost. I'm grateful to be where I am now.

Nope.

No.

Toronto, Boston, Burlington & Shelburne (VT), Vancouver, SF, NYC, Napa Valley, Jackson Hole, Wydaho & Montana, SLC (briefly), Moneterey Bay, San Jose, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Nanjing.

Nothing immediately came to mind... On second thought: a greater ratio of books read to books purchased!

January 15th. May 31st. July 24th. August 17th. November 10th. November 16th. November 28th. December 25th.

Vercel! Paradigm! Church! Love! To sum: converging on sustainable equilibria.

Allowing emotions to cloud my judgement earlier in the year. Being a shitty texter sometimes. Not setting strong enough boundaries.

Not having enough of a spine. Periods of lost my zeal and sense of self.

Yes, COVID. Food poisoning (downfall can take many forms, including mango smoothies).

Gifts for others: Studio Display, scarves x4 (CAP, AG, LP, VL).

Andy, Chris.

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Savings & investments. I think.

CLIMBING (NYC Summer '25 vibes).

12 to 12 by Sombr.

Happier, richer, healthier.

Pilates.

Being flaky. I should just set stronger boundaries of where I spend my time.

A few days back home in Vancouver. Then: China with CAP & family.

Yes.

Hate is quite a strong word. I don't think I truly hate anyone to be honest.

Hmmm... I think the only show I watched was "The Bear."

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow.

Hmmm... probably worship music. "The Blood" was a track that stood out.

One Battle After Another.

Jua with CAP.

Role as a design engineer.

To write more often, to articulate myself more clearly.

Clement St with Chris. Green Apple Books. Waymo to RH for lunch. Baby gem salad & salmon & burrata. Asian art museum! Exploring City Hall. Embarcadero ferry building. Le Boulevard. Fin.

Taking the time to study programming from first principles.

Climbing tech bro learns to enjoy light colours.

God and prayer.

Who are my role models? Timothy Keller comes to mind, but this feels like a cop-out answer (though I do admire him.)

Immigration.

Who did I miss? I'm not sure.

So many new faces this year. Chris.

Put things out there. Experiment. Keep iterating. Persist.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. A time for everything.