/Now
Updated July 2026. Tokyo.
Right now I live in Tokyo, and work as an engineering manager leading platform architecture at a fin-tech company. Recently I have been thinking a lot about symmetry, security and AI.
What's on my plate?
- Japanese: Studying Japanese with a target of sitting the JLPT this December, and a bigger target to be conversationally advanced by the end of the year. Currently at about 250 kanji.
- Fitness: Getting back into shape after an injury and a few too many months of skipping the gym. My priority is cardio > strength. Looking into options for flexibility.
- Principles & Boundaries: Over the years I have worked out what is important to me, but, I haven't built the skills to communicate or enforce these things. I began on this journey last year and it is a fun but challenging learning journey.
- Feed Reader: I read several blogs and news websites, but was never really happy with any of the feed readers out there. By dogfooding parts of this blog, I'm enjoying customising my own experience (using DLT for feed-fetching).
- Digital Signage: Experimenting with digital signage on various displays to surface information which I'd otherwise forget.
What are my long-term goals?
- As AK used to say: Love, health and wealth.
- This year, failing all three, a sub-27 5K.
What am I enjoying right now?
- Watching: Person of Interest
- Listening: Toronto Is Broken, Kneecap, Township Rebellion
- Reading: The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson
What's happening with the blog?
I'm still mostly writing weeknotes, but am also playing with a few ideas and formats for longer posts and listicles. After this post, I'm aiming to write more in Japanese. Recently I added this /now page (replacing the infrastructure for the /about-me page), and revamped the font-stack for consistent rendering in both English and Japanese across all platforms.
What am I not doing?
I recently worked out what my priorities are for the remainder of the year, and my next step is crystalizing a "Not Todo" list.
This is a now page, my weeknotes are more granular updates of what I've been up to.