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Personal Data and Finance

Applying data engineering and systems thinking to personal life — automated financial infrastructure, multi-entity accounting, and the quantified self.

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  • Published Jul 15, 2025
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◆Financial Modeling April 26, 2026

Financial Modeling

Financial Modeling is the creation of mathematical representations of financial scenarios and outcomes.

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◆Accounting July 15, 2025

Accounting

Accounting is the process of recording, analyzing, and reporting financial transactions to support decision-making and compliance.

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Preview for Quantified Self
◉Quantified Self July 15, 2025

Quantified Self

The quantified self interests me as a way of observing patterns in a life that would otherwise blur together.

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✎Ideas & Writing July 15, 2025

The Predicament (and how to work with me through it)

A plain-language map of what I mean by “The Predicament,” why I’m naming it publicly, and how to engage with me in a way that creates clarity instead of more knots.

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◉Mint Finance Organization

Mint Finance Organization

Built personal data infrastructure years before that was a phrase — automated transaction imports across all accounts, evolving through Mint, Monarch, QuickBooks, Fivetran, and Postgres after the 2024 sunset.

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