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The Reluctant Graduate lives on Substack. It's where I think out loud about tech, building in public, and what happens when you have the nerve to try. Personal to political. Free to read. No gatekeeping.
I write for the person who almost didn't try. The one who started a tutorial and quietly closed the tab. The one doing the work anyway, without a blueprint, without a mentor, without anyone handing them a door.
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June 21, 2026
The Books He Read
He handed me Sun Tzu the morning after he hit me. A Father's Day reckoning with the man who taught me power before anything else.
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They Couldn’t Burn the Code
I went looking for aliens and found the ancestors instead.
readJune 12, 2026
They’ll Blame AI. The Receipts Say Otherwise.
A short-term certificate is not the answer to a long-term question. And the people writing the rules know it.
readJune 5, 2026
AI Is The Toxic Friend We Love To Hate and Hate To Love
“I understand you,” said the algorithm that’s quietly shrinking your ambition
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