The Importance of Being True to Yourself

Some people treat “being yourself” like it’s a casual hobby — something you do on weekends after you’ve finished pretending to enjoy kale. Others treat it like a forbidden art, whispering, “One day… when the time is right… I’ll wear the socks with tiny avocados on them.” But being true to yourself is less about dramatic revelations … Read more

Back to Basics: CS 101 Explained Like You’re Holding the Syllabus Upside Down

Welcome to CS 101, the class where you learn the basics of computing while simultaneously wondering how everyone else already seems to know what they’re doing. Somehow, half the room is writing code like they’re auditioning for a hacker movie, and you’re just trying to remember your password to the course portal. It’s fine. Truly. … Read more

SvelteKit: The Framework That Wants To Be Your Whole Weekend Plan

If modern JavaScript frameworks are a big chaotic group project, SvelteKit is the nice friend who shows up early, brings snacks, sets up the whiteboard, and quietly finishes half the tasks while everyone else is still arguing about state management. Let’s talk about what SvelteKit actually is, what it’s good at, where it struggles, how … Read more

Henri Matisse: When Color Finally Lost Its Chill

Meet Henri: The Law Clerk Who Rage-Quit His Day Job Henri Émile Benoît Matisse did not start life as the crowned prince of color. He started as… a law clerk. In northern France. In the 1880s. Which is about as exciting as it sounds. He dutifully studied law in Paris, went back home, and spent his … Read more

November Review: A Month of Metrics, Mild Mayhem, and One Surprisingly Healthy Needle

November strolled in like it had a clipboard, a half-finished latte, and a firm intention to grade everything I did on a curve. Every platform shifted in its own dramatic way, and the numbers — those tiny digital breadcrumbs of joy, confusion, and occasionally panic — told a story rich with contrast. So let’s unpack it all, with the … Read more

Is Pickleball Crime Really a Thing?

Let me begin with a confession: I never expected to wake up one morning, check FindMy, and discover that my AirPods had apparently gone rogue — ditching their perfectly good charging case, ghosting me, and then broadcasting a location inside my own house like a pair of tiny digital pranksters. Naturally, this raised several questions. Questions like: … Read more

The Great Lay vs. Lie Meltdown (and Other Words Out to Get You)

There are two types of people in the world: If you’ve ever hesitated mid-sentence, frozen like a Windows 95 dialog box, whispering “lay… lie… laid… lain… what even is English,” congratulations — you are in the majority. These words are confusing on purpose. I suspect the grammar gremlins got a group discount. So let’s untangle a few … Read more

The Artist Series Episode 0: So… What Even Is Art?

If you’ve been hanging out in the Artist Series so far, we’ve talked about Surrealists, Impressionists, Pop people, and that one painter who seems personally offended by straight lines. But under all of that, there’s a sneaky question quietly raising its hand in the back of the room: “Um… what even is art?” Good question, … Read more

Web3 Frontend Without Tears: React, Vue, Svelte, And The Wallet Circus

You load a Web3 app. The hero text is shouting something about “decentralized future,” there are three gradients fighting in the background, and front and center is The Button: Connect Wallet You click it. A panel slides out. Fifteen wallets appear. Half of them you have never heard of. One of them you installed once … Read more

The Surprisingly Crunchy, Surprisingly Thankful History of Latin

If you’ve ever looked at Latin and thought, “This looks like someone mashed up Italian, a crossword puzzle, and a bowl of alphabet pasta,” you’re not wrong. But today — on this glorious Thanksgiving — let’s carve into the full, free-range, oven-roasted history of the Latin language. And yes, we’re serving it with extra gravy. The Official Latin Timeline … Read more