A quiet corner of the internet

I started this site because I needed a place that was mine.

Twitter is a slot machine. LinkedIn is a job fair. Substack is a tiny publishing empire I don’t want to run yet. I wanted somewhere quieter — a room, not a stage — where I could think in sentences longer than a screen and return to them later.

So this is that room.

What you’ll find here

Three threads, braided together:

• Bio & health. The questions I keep coming back to: metabolism, longevity, translational medicine, and the honest gap between a beautiful paper and a useful product.
• Founder life. The real stuff. Hiring people you can’t afford. Choosing which opportunity to kill. Learning how to want money without letting it distort you.
• AI. Less about the models; more about the new shape of daily work, and what intelligence — biological and artificial — has to teach each other.

I’ll aim for one essay every two weeks. Short when there’s nothing to add, long when the idea earns it.

Who it’s for

If you’re a founder building something unreasonable, a scientist reading into the night, an operator with good taste, or a friend who’s curious about what I’ve been up to — welcome.

The best compliment you can give a piece of writing is to reply to it. Write back any time.

— D.