Lately I realized there is one thing slowly disappearing from me, the courage to be a beginner. Everyone now wants to look competent. We are afraid to ask, afraid to be wrong, afraid to look like we cannot do something yet. But once upon a time, being a beginner was…
We Are Too Quick to Call Something a “Red Flag”
The internet has given us so many words to judge people with. Red flag, toxic, narcissist, gaslighting, love bombing, the list keeps growing. And I notice that the more terms we have, the faster we reach for them. A small gesture, one awkward sentence, a single habit we do not…
NullMotion: Melihat Proses di Balik Sebuah Motion Graphics
Belakangan saya nemu sebuah proyek open source yang menarik bernama NullMotion. Yang bikin saya tertarik, dia tidak sekadar memutar sebuah video motion graphics yang sudah jadi, tapi memperlihatkan proses di baliknya. Jadi kita bisa melihat hasil akhir sebuah iklan atau animasi sekaligus draft kasarnya, diputar bersamaan dan tetap sinkron mengikuti…
This One Is for My Grandmother, Mbah uti
This one is probably different from my other writing, hehe. I am writing this for my late grandmother, Mbah. A few days ago, on October 1st 2026, I got the news from my mom and dad at 3 in the afternoon that Mbah had passed away. I had just finished…
I Am Starting to Understand Why People Back Then Were Never in a Hurry
I was born in 2006, so I never really lived in the slow era. By the time I was old enough to understand the world, everything was already fast. Instant delivery, instant reply, instant information, instant entertainment. If I want food, it arrives in minutes. If I have a question,…
