Both/And
I build AI systems and read the stars. I track my commits and my cycles. This is where the professional site meets the personal writing.
This site shows you what I build. The portfolio, the systems, the strategy work. It’s the answer to “what can you do?”
But there’s a different question I’ve been writing toward: who are you becoming?
I’m a free spirit who builds systems. I code intelligent tools and read the stars. I believe in spreadsheets and surrender. I track my cycles and my commits.
That’s not a contradiction. It’s the whole picture.
The Newsletter
I started a Substack called With Jhi to write about the parts that don’t fit on a portfolio site. The first three essays are a series:
What’s Mine to Hold — the origin story. Oldest daughter of an immigrant mother, learning what was protection and what was cage. The chrysalis that kept me safe and the moment I started outgrowing it.
What’s Mine to Build — the preparation. Documenting freedom in unglamorous detail. Composting toilets as a commitment test. Power systems and water tanks. Seven iterations of trial and error as creative practice.
What’s Mine to Claim — the declaration. Telling my boss. Turning 32. The fight and the repair. Wings drying in the open air.
Why Both
The professional work and the personal writing aren’t separate tracks. The same pattern recognition that finds a root cause in 500 support tickets is the pattern recognition that reads a natal chart. The systems thinking that designs an email agent pipeline is the systems thinking that designs a life.
Both/and. Not either/or.
If the portfolio answers “what can you do?”, the Substack answers “why does it matter?”
Want the deeper story?
I write essays about identity, transition, and building a life that fits — on Substack.
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