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What If You Wrote Requirements for Your Life?

Engineers are trained to write precise specifications for complex systems. What happens when you apply the same rigor to the system that matters most?

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The Astronaut Rejection That Changed Everything

In 2008, I applied to become an ESA astronaut. The rejection letter arrived six months later. It was the best thing that ever happened to me.

February 20, 202412 min read

Why Engineers Struggle with Emotions (And What to Do About It)

We are trained to optimize, debug, and solve. But feelings are not bugs. They are signals from a system we never learned to read.

January 10, 20246 min read
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