OLARTIMI

Complex problems rarely belong to one discipline, and that's where I like to work. Thinking in systems and beyond, I've found the answers to the hardest ones waiting where one field runs into another. DevSecOps is my day job; systems engineering methods are the principles I steer by.

BEng in Software and Electronic Engineering (2021) · PGDip in DevOps (2024) · PGDip in AI and Machine Learning (due 2026). Sharpened by everything I've built since.

The threads

How it holds together

Range only works with rhythm. My weeks run in short cycles, my notes link across fields, and every project keeps a record of why I chose what I chose. This site is the visible part: versioned, so unfinished work can be shown honestly.

Where they meet

Koestler called it bisociation: one idea, seen from two worlds at once.

Kasser, in the ring

I brought Kasser's habit of looking from many perspectives into the ring. A fight stopped being a contest of techniques and became a problem to name: who is in front of me, what do they do better, and where can I meet them on my terms. write-up coming

An old script, a new screen

The icons on this site began as neo-Nsibidi glyphs. Each one carries a line I added, so they're borrowed with respect and still mine. colophon →

Planning a life like a project

Gilb and Malotaux taught me to plan in small steps and check what really happened. I use it for my weeks, not just my work. knowledge reading →

A model in the corner

In 2020 I applied machine learning to MMA, before I had the words for half of what I was doing. I'm refactoring it now, with everything I've learned since. refactor in progress

Reading across shelves

I read to find where books disagree and where they quietly agree. The readings on this site are where I write that down. knowledge readings →