Harvard has girlbossed too close to the sun. Is there anything morally wrong? How does one define ‘bigoted’? These aren’t just abstract questions anymore, as the institution of affirmative action is likely to get dismissed by Harvard after the Supreme Court heard Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. …

A week ago I went to Join Mastodon and signed up for an account, @fleker@mastodon.world, and have been using it. While there has been a sudden uptick in growth, most of the people I’ve followed on Twitter have not migrated. My timeline is fairly empty. …

A few weeks into the football season, I’m happy to see the Philadelphia Eagles doing so well. As someone who grew up in that broadcast market, it’s hard to not see it as my team. However, actually getting to watch the games has been a mess for some reason. …

Millions of graduates will soon see parts of their student loans forgiven. The plan is split in three parts, covering the existing student loan pause, debt relief for lower-income students, and adjusting the income-based payback. For these people, these policies will bring them plenty of relief and allow them to…

I’ve got this spare project, a game, that I’ve been working on in the little spare time I have. I’ve mentioned it before. The backend is entirely Firebase: using Cloud Functions, Hosting, and user data stored in Cloud Firestore. Cloud Firestore is a fast and reliable NoSQL product to store…

Earlier this year I wrote an introductory blog post to a small tool I had developed called 🎩 Gents. Essentially it served as a pre-processor for code I wanted to use, such as the keys of certain lookup tables while maintaining type-safety. The main reason was that I was using…

I’ve been on a quest for the best burger ever since I moved to the city. I have taken dozens of suggestions from all kinds of people and became quite a prolific reviewer throughout the process. I’ve eaten them all over the course of my time here. After the 82…

In Part 1 of this series, I wrote about how I created a browser extension for Overleaf. In Part 2, I discussed how I integrated with the Overleaf editor. In keeping with the theme of large leaves, I called it Rafflesia for Overleaf. When I first learned about LaTeX, I…

With a bipartisan majority, the US is back in the semiconductor game. Intel, TSMC, and others will be getting investments to build domestic fabs. This will be critical for creating supply chain resiliency regardless of future geopolitics. Fabs are cool, but the bill itself includes funding for much more…