Essays

Longer-form writing on Buddhist practice, fiction, technology, and the places where they intersect.

Fiction

More Punk in Cyberpunk

Cyberpunk borrowed punk's leather jacket and left its politics behind. A case for putting the punk—advocacy, community, ardency—into the genre.

5 min read cyberpunk worldbuilding kalachakra nexus-hub science-fiction

Technology

Hiding Your AI Use?

Essay arguing for AI as a structural/consistency tool in fiction writing, not a prose generator.

8 min read writing ai craft

Undefined Behavior in Your Codebase: Intentional Development Ethics

An introduction to intentional development ethics and some of its basic precepts.

5 min read coding ethics development sila engineering

Buddhism

I, Aggregate: Using the Non-Self to Manage Craving, Anger, and Desire

From the Ship of Theseus to the five aggregates — a practical technique for using the concept of non-self to cope with craving, anger, and desire.

5 min read buddhism non-self anatta meditation five-aggregates mindfulness

Meditation Retreat, Check! Now What?

A post-retreat primer: four simple practices to deepen your spiritual life beyond the cushion.

8 min read buddhism meditation retreat eightfold-path mindfulness ethics gratitude

Meditation Creates Space: What That Means in the Context of Anxiety

How vipassana meditation creates a buffer between stimulus and response, and what that means for those of us with anxiety.

4 min read meditation anxiety vipassana mental-health mindfulness

Do It When You're NOT Ready

Why the best time to join a recovery sangha — or any community — is when you don't feel ready to make the commitment.

4 min read buddhism recovery sangha community vulnerability addiction