Publications
Independent research, explainers, essays, resources, and investigations into the systems, decisions, experiences, and ideas that shape real-world outcomes.
INVESTIGATION · OCTOBER 2026
The Spark Behind The Sky
Fireworks are more than explosions in the sky. This investigation explores the chemistry, engineering, environmental impacts, and regulatory systems behind the spectacle, then examines what the July 1, 2025 Esparto explosion reveals about workplace safety, oversight, information sharing, and the systems meant to keep people and communities safe.
INVESTIGATION · SEPTEMBER 2026
The Wi-Fi Is Part of the Room
A motel Wi-Fi observation became a broader investigation into digital responsibility in modern hospitality. This Investigation examines network risk, major hotel cybersecurity cases, short-term rentals, and the difference between legal requirements, platform rules, government guidance, and best practice to ask a deceptively simple question: when internet access becomes part of the stay, who is responsible for keeping it secure?
ESSAY · SEPTEMBER 2026
Wolves, Fire, and Dumbbells
What started with kitchen laps, cheap dumbbells, and improvised workouts eventually became a home gym and a long-running lesson in adaptation. This personal essay looks back at the awkward beginnings, heavier equipment, running milestones, bad training decisions, and one very judgmental dog that helped shape what resilience came to mean when conditions were anything but perfect.
EXPLAINER · SEPTEMBER 2026
Building Beyond Your Expertise
An AI-assisted experiment became a working prototype, then collided with the realities of building software for other people. This Explainer uses Ember Relay to examine what AI can genuinely help non-developers build, why prototypes and products are very different things, and where professional technical expertise remains essential.
RESOURCE · AUGUST 2026
What Do You Actually Do?
Career Classification & Job Fit Packet
A practical workbook for reconstructing your experience, identifying your career coordinates, decoding job postings, and deciding which opportunities deserve your time. Designed for use alongside the full explainer or as a standalone career-planning tool.
INVESTIGATION · FEBRUARY 2026
Exercise Is Stress
The same workout can feel manageable one day and overwhelming another, and the difference is not always motivation or discipline. This investigation examines how recoverability, life context, stress and trauma exposure, exercise dose, and individual variability may shape responses to exercise and long-term adherence.