Blogs

Writing on engineering, accessibility, and whatever else I'm thinking about.

2026

Exit This Side

Published on Substack , May 2026

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A subway rider asks why the MTA’s new R211 trains display "Exit This Side" signs but never announce it aloud, a small case study in how transit systems fail to make the same information accessible to everyone.

2025

Coffee, Code, and Coroutines: Making Android Apps Responsive

Peer-reviewed and published on ProAndroidDev, the droidcon-affiliated Android publication with 95k+ followers , Jun 2025

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A refresher on Android threading and coroutines that uses a coffee shop analogy (the UI thread as the cashier) to explain how to keep apps smooth and responsive while heavy work happens off the main thread.