How I ended up with this blog

This project began in 2016 as a letter to a friend about the differential equations relevant to loans and investing. Over a few years of discussion, that letter grew into a 90 page manuscript. In June of 2019, I turned that LaTeX book into 30 web articles. The site went live in late June 2019 with the concept that it would cover “household management and personal decision-making problems.” Such problems are much broader than personal finance. However, I have tried to limit the topics to those where technical knowledge is relevant and almost universally ignored or severely underappreciated. This criteria is how I ended up writing 10,000 words about sexually transmitted infections on a blog which began as a letter to a friend on personal financial matters.

From 2020-2026 I had a section called “Projects”. The work I showcased there was vital to securing my first professional job. However, that section grew more than I expected and more than the organization of this blog was ready to handle. Those articles became the basis for my portfolio site which I launched in 2026. All of the old projects are now there, along with many others.