Brandon's BlogA blog where I talk about thingshttps://0-brandon.netlify.app/Higher, fasterhttps://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/acceleration/https://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/acceleration/Thinking about the future under AIThu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI won't replace us (yet)https://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/ai-coding/https://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/ai-coding/I love Copilot. I hate Copilot. I am becoming Copilot.Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTCategory Theory for People in a Hurryhttps://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/category-theory/https://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/category-theory/Monads are like burritos, if burritos were abstract mathematical concepts that ruined your ability to write normal code.Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMTColor and UIhttps://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/color-and-ui/https://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/color-and-ui/Improving the aesthetics of this websiteTue, 12 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTEmacs, Doom and Despairhttps://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/emacs/https://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/emacs/Learning Doom Emacs to intimidate my future coworkersTue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTFornaxhttps://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/fornax/https://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/fornax/Forcing myself to learn low-level by diving headfirst into SIMD frequency scaling and AVX offset.Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTThoughts on Javascripthttps://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/js-thoughts/https://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/js-thoughts/I have ruined my life with `npm install`. Send help.Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTAsahi and Archhttps://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/linux/https://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/linux/Emacs is a gateway drugTue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTOffline-First is a Lie We Tell Ourselveshttps://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/offline-first-illusion/https://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/offline-first-illusion/Local-first architecture sounds great until you have to synchronize state after a user reconnects on a train going through a tunnel.Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTSelling Out: Engineering a Custom Paywallhttps://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/paywall-ethics/https://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/paywall-ethics/How I implemented daily free limits, and the existential dread of locking my own code behind a subscription screen.Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTFirst Posthttps://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/post-1/https://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/post-1/The first post of my blog.Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTThe Art of Procrastination (read: Ricing)https://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/ricing/https://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/ricing/Why finish a project when you can spend 12 hours configuring your window manager?Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTReact Native and the Stockholm Syndromehttps://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/react-native-madness/https://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/react-native-madness/I swore off Javascript. I really did. But then I decided to build a mobile app, and now I am arguing with Expo EAS.Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Rust Evangelism Strike Forcehttps://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/rust-evangelism/https://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/rust-evangelism/Have you heard the good news? Our Lord and Savior 'The Borrow Checker' has died for your segfaults.Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTShort Thoughts too brief for a posthttps://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/shorts/https://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/shorts/Random thoughts that I haveTue, 02 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTInput Methodshttps://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/vim-vs-emacs/https://0-brandon.netlify.app/post/vim-vs-emacs/Why I learned Vim, then Emacs, then Vim again, then both.Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT