Lose Yourself: The Courage to Risk Everything
What Eminem’s Lose Yourself teaches about risk, failure, and taking a chance on yourself.
Read the essayAvailable for meaningful work
Carlos S. Nah, Jr Software Engineer
Turning curiosity into software that matters.
There has always been something fascinating about how 0s and 1s can reshape industries and change lives. That fascination brought me here, not only to understand the gates, but to build the habits and tools that inspire change by solving real-world problems.
What I’m building
Products in progress
Mesura Ed
School management in one calm workspace: admissions, attendance, fees, reports and parent messaging.
getmesura.comMesura Exams
High-stakes exams with a server-side clock, a signed event log, and attempts that can be replayed when a score is disputed.
exams.getmesura.comZYPHIA Games
Instant multiplayer games for the open web. No installs, just a link to share.
zyphia.appQuibble
A word game worth sitting down for, part of the ZYPHIA collection.
quibble.zyphia.appFrom the notebook
Latest writing
The Pain of Unequal Love
When you give your best and receive the bare minimum: how to keep loving people without abandoning yourself in the process.
Read the essayHappy International Boyfriend Day, I Guess
The day passed with barely any buzz. What our reactions to days like this reveal about public validation, double standards, and accountability in modern relationships.
Read the essayTeaching
Hundreds of students, in person and remotely.
I’ve taught programming to hundreds of students, in person and remotely. Explaining an idea clearly is the best test of whether you understand it.
Contact
Have something meaningful to build?
I’m available for meaningful work, from engineering to teaching. Email is the fastest way to reach me.