/now

what i'm up to

updated october 2026

inspired by derek sivers' /now page idea. a quick snapshot of what's actually filling my time, instead of a polished highlight reel.

building

→ builders collective ottawa — a community for ottawa's builders that i cofounded with feyza. we run bi-weekly co-hack nights where people come to ship side projects, work on startups, or grind through assignments next to others doing the same.
→ vesper works — a small design + frontend studio i'm starting with a few people i trust. just getting it off the ground.
→ this site, naturally. always tweaking.

school

→ final year of software engineering at carleton. this term is mostly my capstone project (sysc 4907), operating systems, and a stack of labs.

learning

→ motion design and interaction polish — framer-motion deep dives, the small details that make a page feel alive.
→ typography systems — when restraint becomes a feature, not an absence.
→ designing for taste — picking apart sites i admire (like mubarak's) and figuring out *why* they work.
→ running a community from zero — events, outreach, sponsorships, and getting people to actually show up.

currently reading

→ designing data-intensive applications — kleppmann
→ a philosophy of software design — ousterhout
→ meditations — marcus aurelius
→ artificial intelligence: a guide for thinking humans — melanie mitchell

recently read

→ atomic habits — james clear
→ the alchemist — paulo coelho
→ the kite runner — khaled hosseini
→ a thousand splendid suns — khaled hosseini
→ the pragmatic programmer — hunt & thomas

looking for

→ new-grad software engineering roles starting 2027 — especially product-facing, design-engineering, or frontend-leaning teams. email me if you're hiring.
→ sponsors and partners who want to support ottawa's builder scene through builders collective.