STARTING OVER IN PORTUGAL
Rebuilding life in a new country, small routines, and quiet courage.
I LET AN AI USE MY BROWSER. HERE'S THE ONE SETTING YOU NEED TO CHANGE.
AI can now click around your browser for you. Before you let it, open the permissions screen almost nobody reads — and change one setting.
WHY AN OCTOPUS
The Claude Code livestream was on while I worked. All these tasks running at once. And I thought: if I had a mascot, what would it be? Octopus. Immediately.
THE FIRST TIME I HIT AN AI LIMIT
I was building a website when the conversation suddenly stopped. What surprised me wasn't the limit itself. It was the feeling.
HOW TO CLEAR YOUR SAFARI CACHE WITHOUT NUKING YOUR LOGINS
Last week my LinkedIn was glitching in Safari. Cleared the cache. Fixed in seconds. Two ways to do it, one keeps you signed in.
I BUILT MY OWN CRM IN TWO DAYS AND IT CHANGED HOW I RUN MY STUDIO
Two years of adapting to tools that were never designed for how I work. Two days to build one that was.
DON'T JUST TRUST THE FILE. TRUST YOUR ENVIRONMENT.
I found a $308 payment link inside an AI-generated file. I never put it there. It wasn't the AI. It was my browser.
YOUR SLOW MAC IS NOT A HARDWARE PROBLEM
Before you panic update your OS or Google 'MacBook Pro slow 2026', open Activity Monitor. It takes 10 seconds.
DESIGNING A LIFE NOT JUST WORK
How design stopped being only my job and became the system I use to navigate identity.
FROM BHUTAN TO EVERYWHERE
A reflection on growing up in Bhutan, moving through Toronto and Portugal, and rebuilding home.
WHY MY WEBSITE BECAME A WHEEL OF LIFE
Design notes on turning a portfolio into a circular life OS.
CREATIVE STRENGTH WORKING ALONE
Independence as a creative method. How solitude and quiet routines power my studio.
AI AS A CREATIVE PARTNER
Using AI as an extension of my imagination for navigation, layout, and concepts.
SOFTNESS IN DESIGN
Why I choose minimal palettes and soft motion. Interfaces that feel calm and honest.
THE DISCIPLINE BEHIND AESTHETIC
Behind every clean interface is hours of alignment and calibration. Beauty as precision.