// 0x01 Thoughts & Notes

Release Notes

A chronological log of thoughts on software, systems, and the craft of making. Releases are long-form posts. Patches are small, frequent updates.

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Oct 2026
#5b59c6d HEAD · 6m ago Engineering
ship: Shipped cfire (cfire.memo.engineer): a batteries-included systems language that lowers 1:1 to clean C++23. Zero toolchain deps, auto-linked stdlib, and agent-friendly syntax, with full native performance.
🔗 https://cfire.memo.engineer
↳ shipped in 05-cfire
tag: release-05-cfire
Oct 19, 2026 Engineering

cfire: C++23 Without the Ceremony

Why I built cfire: bringing the zero-ceremony philosophy of Tako to C++23 — auto-linking standard libraries, agent-friendly tooling, and human-readable lowering without sacrificing native performance.

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#f27a053 · 3d ago Tooling
ship: Cut over memo.engineer from Firebase to native Tako on Cloud Run. One single Go binary now embeds the static Astro frontend and answers the telemetry and broadcast APIs. No YAML, no awkward proxies, just clean Go.
#c3e9812 · 4d ago Engineering
ship: Built Pitch Cluster (staffy.memo.engineer): a small zero-dependency web app that listens to your mic and plots notes on a grand staff in real time as you sing or play. Just vanilla HTML, Web Audio, and ES modules. Fun weekend hack to practice sight-reading without fighting app bloat.
🔗 https://staffy.memo.engineer
tag: release-04-tako
Oct 14, 2026 Engineering

Tako: Write Go. Get a Cloud.

Why I built Tako: declaring APIs, Datastore entities, queues, crons, auth, and alerts directly in Go — running in one process locally and deriving least-privilege Cloud Run infrastructure without YAML or Terraform.

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#b1c4e2a · 4d ago Human Telemetry
note: On my way back from a trip to the Bay Area, the TSA guy asked me where I was headed. When I said Pittsburgh, he paused and said, "Careful with your wallet up there... <long pause> I've heard they have pirates and steelers." I laughed hard. Good TSA guy.
Feb 2021
tag: release-03-serving-totopos
Feb 7, 2021 Tooling

Serving Totopos

Add totopo to your own dishes. A comprehensive guide to deploying Totopo to Google Cloud Platform, covering Cloud Run, Cloud Storage, Cloud Build, and the complete setup process for running the barebones mustache interpolating HTTP server.

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Jan 2021
tag: release-02-enter-totopo
Jan 4, 2021 Engineering

Enter Totopo

A starting ingredient for great recipes. Introducing Totopo, a custom HTTP server built in F# that powers this website. An exploration of building something not from necessity, but as an opportunity to learn and create with F# while leveraging Google Cloud Platform services.

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tag: release-01-why-do-we-make
Jan 2, 2021 Human Telemetry

Where do we come from? Why do we make?

On the meaning of making. A reflective piece exploring the personal relationship with creative work, tracing the journey from childhood tinkering to professional development, and rediscovering the intrinsic value of exploration over perfection.

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