December 15, 2025
Blind Spots, Consistency, and What Remains
On moral exemplars, blind spots, and applying consistent standards to others and to oneself.
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September 15, 2024
Stage 4: Almost a Year After the Defense
Stage 4 cancer diagnosis, decisions about a PhD, and optimizing for meaningful work under uncertainty.
April 18, 2022
Weibull Distributions: From Reliability Theory to My Own Survival Curve
Weibull distributions model time-to-failure in reliability engineering and cancer survival. I study both professionally. One of them became personal.
December 28, 2020
Diagnosed with Stage 3 Cancer
Stage 3 cancer, surgery on New Year's Eve. What changes when the optimization problem gets a new constraint.