I'm not a writer, but I like to ideate and jot down my thoughts. I also enjoy drafting visuals. These notes eventually become an article. They mark a journey to revisit fundamental concepts. As I sit here, I can't help but draw parallels between the art of crafting articles and the process of engineering software …

A couple of winters ago, I read A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. I was so taken with his writing style that I made the bouillabaisse recipe from the book and savored it with bread and rosé. The novel tells the story of Count Alexander Rostov, sentenced to lifelong house arrest in a hotel in Moscow in 1922, shortly …