I am byhow, a full-stack engineer focused on building products with reliability and accessibility in mind. I move fast and intentionally fix things.
This site is half working notebook and half public writing desk. Some pages are polished essays, some are living notes, and some are just the trails between ideas.
Currently working on fullstack web apps with Next.js, React.js, Effect and others in the TypeScript ecosystem. Curious about functional programming, type systems, and local-first software and decentralization. Recently dabbling in Elixir & Phoenix. I have taken products from 0 → 1 and beyond working at big tech and startups.
Start Here
- Posts for polished essays on engineering, the small web, and building things.
- Thoughts for evergreen notes, half-formed ideas, and linked references.
- projects for what I have built or am trying to build.
- now for current reading and what has my attention.
If you prefer wandering instead of following a menu, use the graph and backlinks in the sidebar.
Themes
Reading Log
2026
- h2g2 by Douglas Adams
- helen of nowhere by Makenna Goodman
2025
- Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
- The Cold Start Problem by @andrewchen
- Usable Decentralized Social Media @ ATProto
2024
- Minimalist Entrepreneur by @shl
- Read, Write, Own by @cdixon
- Bliss Montage by Ling Ma