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  • The editor is not the renderer

    Jul 18, 2026

    Why a visual document tool needs separate authoring and deterministic output models.

  • A graph-based layout engine for dynamic PDFs

    Jul 16, 2026

    Notes from designing layout primitives that preserve fixed composition while allowing data to flow.

  • The 90-day product engineer

    Oct 22, 2025

    What I learned shipping part-time at an early-stage remote startup — ownership, async, and growing under pressure.

  • Being Daniel 101

    Aug 25, 2025

    An honest introduction — building young, failing early, and writing to make sense of what's next.

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