Silent speech from a laptop camera
People are building all sorts of sensors to read subvocal speech. I wanted to see what was possible with just my laptop camera.
About
I'm currently figuring out my next thing. Previously, I worked on Air and Ground Deterrence at Anduril. I also founded Forge, a language learning company, acquired (and later sold) a small SaaS business called Translate Channels, and worked on local news as a software engineer at Sinclair Digital.
You can connect with me on Twitter and read more of my writing below.
Writing
Freedom of Speech in China
If you can't criticize your government, you are not free.
The Hedgehog Concept
"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."
Ikigai
Ikigai is that which gives your life meaning, purpose, or worth.
Convergence and Divergence
A mental model for finding and pursuing new ideas: going from open-minded exploration to focused decision-making.
How SpaceX builds at rocket speeds
Elon Musk has SpaceX building rockets at the rate a software company churns out code. It's insanely fast.
React Native - Ignore dynamic scaling on iOS
Set defaultProps globally to determine font size and accessibility options
Firestore: Use Promise.all instead of .getAll on the web
How to batch query an array of documents in Google Cloud Firestore
Embrace the suck, learn anything
If you want to become a proficient learner, you'll have to learn to love the suck.
Use Bash_Profile to Customize Terminal on Mac
A quick guide to setting up command line aliases and customizing your bash profile on macOS
How to (easily) set up Node environment variables in your JS application
A straightforward guide to managing environment variables in Node.js applications