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Thoughts, ideas, and things
I'm learning.

AI agents, fintech infrastructure, homelab adventures, and unsolicited financial optimization tips. Mostly technical, occasionally opinionated.

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Why I Built an AI Investment Tracker

How missing trade alerts led me to build SignalForge — a structured system for tracking investment signals, paper trading, and making better decisions with AI-assisted research.

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Moving from Manager Back to IC — My Sabbatical Experiment

After 2+ years as an Engineering Lead, I'm using my sabbatical to rebuild my technical depth. Here's what I'm learning about AI, automation, and whether I actually want to go back to management.

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10GbE Homelab Networking Lessons

What I learned building a 10-gigabit home network — from NIC selection and PCIe lane planning to the Unraid tuning that actually made it work. Spoiler: it's not just about buying fast hardware.

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Optimizing Credit Card Points in Singapore — A Framework

A practical framework for maximizing miles and cashback across 30+ cards in Singapore. Includes decision trees, opportunity cost calculations, and the traps that aren't worth your time.

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Posts coming soon. I'm writing them during my sabbatical.

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