18 Apr 2026· 5 min read
The number was always 1,284Two months building a workflow editor, a green pill on an admin panel, and the cracktro habit I hadn't noticed I was carrying.
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- 15 Apr 2026· 8 min readColburn had a nine-month head start
I built an agent orchestrator and a learning academy in June 2025, before there was a shape for either. By the time the shape arrived, I was glad I hadn't waited.
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- 5 Apr 2026· 4 min readTwo bikes, one tick
A head-on collision should kill both riders. In a naïve game loop it doesn't. HexRider, TrailBlazer, and one small decision about order.
- 20 Feb 2026· 4 min readA Dragon 32 in the classroom
A classmate's computer, a yarn about a printer, and the Acorn Electron I talked my dad into buying. How I became a coder and stayed one.