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Prologue: What Should’ve Been a Win

I was excited. Stupidly excited. I thought buying a car online with Carvana was going to be this modern, hassle-free experience. Pick a car, set the delivery, boom—done. But that’s not what happened. Read more...

Prologue: When Logic Turns on You

There’s a point in every project where the codebase stops feeling like a friend and starts feeling like a trap.

That’s where I landed today — deep in the belly of my JavaFX assignment logic, staring at a ComboBox that refused to behave and wondering if I’d built a sentient loop designed solely to mess with me. Read more...

Prologue: Cartoons and Cap’n Crunch

Saturdays used to hit different.

I’d wake up sometime around 8 or 9, wander into the kitchen, and grab a bowl of Trix or Cap’n Crunch — whichever box had more marshmallow dust at the bottom. My mom was already gone, off at her ceramic shop, and my dad was out doing whatever mysterious things dads did back then. That meant me and my sister had the house to ourselves.

And I knew exactly what I was doing: flipping on the TV and settling in for cartoons until my eyeballs hurt. Read more...

Prologue: A Gateway in the Corner

In the corner of the family room sat a desk that didn’t just hold tech — it held wonder. Nestled atop that desk was a Commodore 1702 monitor, humming with warm static glow, forever paired with a Texas Instruments TI-99/4A, model LTA1583. Read more...

Prologue: A Truck and a Sparkling Sunset

Back in 1994, I had a 1992 blue Ford Ranger, and let me tell you—I loved that truck. It wasn’t perfect when I bought it; it came without an air conditioner or cruise control, but I had both installed, along with a Pioneer DEH-780 stereo. That stereo was the heart of my drives, always playing something that set the mood. My final addition was a tool box in the bed, completing what felt like my dream truck at the time. Read more...