Writing
I keep a blog called Infinite Ascent.
In MIT, I wrote over 350,000 words as a blogger for MIT Admissions. You can view all my posts on my author page. But here are some posts that I’m particularly proud of:
You don’t have to be a founder
Why being a maintainer can be as important as being a founder.
A Boring Friday
Interactive fiction portraying my typical MIT Friday.
Your last first day
Reflections on beginning my final year in MIT, and where I’m going.
soulsearching / coding
Conversations about careers.
how to sail against the wind
An allegory about choices and sailing.
Bring your stuffed toys to class
A reflection on the liminality of studying at MIT, explained with light-hearted metaphors.
demons
A piece about growing up with depression.
The rise and fall of CPW
Research into the history of MIT’s Campus Preview Weekend, a yearly event for admitted students.
reject modern web design
An April Fool’s Day joke for the blogs.
Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later
A twelve-thousand-word narrative of the 2021 MIT Mystery Hunt, which I helped write.
To the exclusion of everything else
A post explaining some of the reasons why I chose to go to MIT.
Your first last day
Reflections on staying in MIT while everyone was being kicked out due to a pandemic.
On identity
On what it means to define ourselves in different contexts, and choosing labels that apply to us.