I Open Sourced My Personal Operating System
Why I turned years of notes on focus, fitness, career, engineering, and mindset into a structured public knowledge base. And what writing it all down forced me to confront about how I actually operate.
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Thoughts on building software, lessons learned from shipping products, and occasional ramblings about tech.
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I Built My Brother a Portfolio with a Custom CRM — In a Weekend
A freelance portfolio used to mean a Behance page and a Google Sheet for tracking clients. I built my brother a full platform with a 6-stage lead tracker, contract generator, and rate calculator — all client-side, no backend. Here is why branding and tooling are the real moats in the age of AI.
I Built a Board Exam Reviewer for Filipino Architects
How I went from "there should be a better way to study" to shipping a platform with 8,000+ practice questions, spaced repetition, and mock exams for the Philippine Architect Licensure Examination.
Build Your MVP This Weekend for $0 on AWS
Everything I shared at AWS Community Day Cebu about shipping real products on the free tier. No surprise bills, just smart architecture choices.
I Graduated! Reflections from an Iskolar ng Bayan
That childhood promise to my lolo finally came true. Here's my story of surviving UP Computer Science and what being an Iskolar ng Bayan actually means to me.