My Interests
The things that shape how I build, notice, and think.
Building Things
I started programming when I was twelve, and building things is still the part I care about most. I like taking an idea, finding the messy edges, and turning it into something people can use.
Most of my work lives in mobile apps, SDKs, digital identity, local AI tools, and agent-facing interfaces. I like that mix because everything in it ends up in someone's hands: things people tap, run, wait for, and rely on.
I keep learning because the tools keep changing. New languages, runtimes, models, and protocols are useful when they make the work sharper, not when they make the story sound bigger.
Photography
Photography is one of the few things that makes me slow down. Walking through a city with a camera turns moving through a place into actually looking at it: light, faces, reflections, small moments that are easy to miss.
I use whatever camera I have with me, a DSLR or a phone. The gear matters less than whether the photo keeps something that would otherwise have lasted a second.
It also sharpened how I see software. A good photo and a good interface follow the same rules: composition, contrast, and knowing what to leave out.
Reading
I grew up around books, long before I had words for most of the things I cared about. They gave me places to go, people to understand, and ways of thinking I still use.
I also worked in bookstores for two years. That turned reading from a private habit into a daily reminder of how much is still out there. I liked the quiet, the conversations, and helping someone choose what to read next.
I read because it keeps my world from getting small.
And one day, when I have built everything I want to build, I would love to disappear into a small bookstore of my own: a quiet place full of books, coffee, long conversations, and people who wandered in without a plan.
Cinema
I love cinema as craft, not just entertainment. The writing, the framing, the sound, the acting, and the quiet choices behind every scene all matter to me.
I keep coming back to stories about ambition, memory, and identity: films that ask what people give up for the life they imagine.
I enjoy the conversation around films almost as much as the films themselves: theory, criticism, long arguments after the credits.
For me a film is never just its plot. What stays is how it was made and how it made me feel.