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A few specific mistakes I have made in hardware R&D startups: Part 1

Assuming things will work

January 31, 2023

Intro to Silicon Photonics: Part 2

Silicon photonics is a series of tubes

June 26, 2022

Intro to Silicon Photonics: Part 1

What even is silicon? What about photonics? Silicon photonics??

May 1, 2022

On average, how many Fermi problems get asked in interviews each month?

How close to the real answer do you think you are? There's a point to all of this; just please bear with me.

October 31, 2021

What the heck is engineering

Things that took me a degree, a job, careful introspection, and a blog post to suss out

April 18, 2021

Fireflies are completely bonkers

An optical communication perspective

February 12, 2021

2020 Trends in Silicon Photonics

What's hot. What's not.

December 21, 2020

Thoughts on Undergraduate STEM Education

How to choose a school, or: An ode to the small private liberal arts institution

November 21, 2020

An Introduction to Coherent Optical Communication: Part 3

The very basics of optical communication, but also some super advanced stuff

November 16, 2020

An Introduction to Coherent Optical Communication: Part 2

What is a fiber?

November 15, 2020

An Introduction to Coherent Optical Communication: Part 1

Why do we use fiber optic cables?

November 14, 2020