Hi, this is Richie. I'm a software engineer with a soft spot for robotics. On the long run, slowly inventing the universe one abstraction at a time, and this is where I keep the notes - writing, projects, bookmarks.
Recent Writings
- July 2, 2026 · Essay · 1 Min Read
Does the age we find beautiful grow up with us?
A child's crushes are other children; a woman of sixty rarely aches for a teenager's face. The age w…
- July 2, 2026 · Essay · 1 Min Read
Does a working system empty the pews?
When a country's systems start working (hospitals that heal, jobs that pay, a state that keeps you s…
- July 2, 2026 · Essay · 1 Min Read
What best predicts how a life turns out?
Everyone names a different lever: IQ, grit, self-control, the family you're born into, the warmth of…
- June 12, 2026 · Essay · 1 Min Read
Inherited fault: scars, sin, and what crosses over
Two traditions say the same unsettling thing: you inherit a burden you never chose. Biology calls it…
Recent Projects
- 2026
Modular manufacturing OS - work instructions, quality, inventory, people, equipment - one connected platform.
- 2024
Author multilingual technical documentation with the Quarto pipeline, JavaScript-flavoured.
- 2024
Real-time messaging and integration backend for partner deliveries.
Recent Bookmarks
- June 23, 2026 · Stanford News
- May 3, 2026 · St. John's College
- April 15, 2026 · Jordan B Peterson
- March 28, 2026 · unprompted
- March 26, 2026 · Jane Street
Interests
- Distributed systems and their messes
- Teaching a bot to trade
- How brains learn
- Why we believe what we believe
- Personality and the wiring behind human behaviour