$ cat now.txt
last_updated:April 2026
location: United States
status: ACTIVE
// currently focused on
▸Building DerrickLabs v1[active]
Rebuilding this site from scratch — Next.js 16, terminal aesthetic, interactive playground. You're looking at it.
▸Shipping lab tools[active]
Adding browser-based dev tools to /lab — hash gen, JSON formatter, color palettes, ASCII art. More coming.
▸Learning in public[active]
Documenting what I'm building, what broke, and what I learned. No polish — just progress.
// reading
- 01.Working in Public — Nadia Eghbal
- 02.A Philosophy of Software Design — John Ousterhout
// deliberately NOT doing
- Social media
- Side projects that require a pitch deck
- Over-engineering things before they exist
// This is a /now page. Updated manually when something changes.