A Second Post

2026-04-14

This one took me some time. I wasn't sure what to write about. Things moved incredibly fast these past two weeks, and yet I feel like my world has slowed all the way down. My mom passed a little over a month ago. And then, I stopped working at Kiwi.com after my entire team was swept up in a brutal round of layoffs. Two massive things, back to back, and I am still processing both of them.

But there are silver linings, and I'm holding onto them. I have more time now to get back to things I'd let drift: shooting more analog film, finally building that PC I've been putting off, mentoring for aspiring developers I mentor at MigraCode, building their next platform iteration as well.

I have a feeling things will work out for me. I have to believe that. But right now I'm caught between wanting to do absolutely nothing for a month, and the subtle internal pressure to push forward with the job search. But this week I made some updates to my website and put together a loose list in my head of where I want to take it. I've started reaching out to companies and recruiters. And I had my first post-layoff LeetCode interview. Not a big fan of those, but I did it.

Things will work out. I have to believe it.