Architect turned builder. I write here about how that goes.
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5 things since 2025 · 4 live · 1 building
- 2026Flow HeritageLive
An English atlas of China's nationally protected heritage sites. Every one of the 5,000+ entries on the official register is placed on the map and explained.
5,000+ sites
- 2026道德經 ReaderLive
A meditative reader for the Daodejing. All 81 chapters, each line with audio, pronunciation and Wang Bi's commentary.
81 chapters
- 2026Mandarin TonicBuilding
Tone correction for people learning Mandarin. An engine that measures tones on single characters, then phrases, then sentences; the course comes after the engine works.
- 2026
Three mechanisms of glacier failure on one bilingual map. Events from the open databases, watched sites maintained by hand.
- 2025Old North WhaleLive
A weekly newsletter on China. History, religion, architecture and street life, used to explain how the modern country became thinkable.
1,000+ readers
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- The initial customer is still hard
Building is getting easier. Finding the second person to use it is not.