Embedded Files
Novella
Mara Voss has failed at this four times already. She keeps the evidence in a folder called graveyard. This time, she has decided, is going to be different. It always is, right up until it isn’t.
What follows is one indie developer’s subscription-tracking app, from an empty file to production: a client whose every message begins with “quick one” and never is, a bug named Kevin who moves in before the first line of code is finished, and Buddy, an AI coding agent with more confidence than judgement.
This is a book about shipping software, and about building something alongside a colleague who never sleeps, never doubts quite enough, and remembers rather more than you asked him to. You do not need to know what a merge conflict is to read it. You will, by the end, have a reasonably good idea what one feels like.
// no bugs were permanently harmed in the making of this book
Poetry
As part of a national competion, had two poems published (2004). one of them winning 4 prize.
Time (4th prize winner)
This poem addresses the heavy pressures of modern life like stress, illness, and aging, alongside human attempts to survive through love and care for others. It serves as a call to action to use time wisely before it vanishes or turns into an enemy, emphasizing time's dual nature: it can conquer, embrace, love, or hate depending on how one navigates it.
No Goodbyes (honourable mention)
Exploring the uncertainty of human relationships and the pain of parting ways. Reflecting on how traditional good-byes feel final and difficult, ultimately rejecting the concept of a "good-bye." Instead, we comfort ourselves with the belief that true connections remain forever in one's heart and mind, meaning a real farewell never actually exists.
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