Hosted Thilanga and Samadara, brewed french-press coffee, then returned to coding. Later I listed dream seatmates, riffing about Leia and Trump A grounded day with relatives, airplane-seat fantasies, and then a jolt of...

Mapped core influences—Ellis, Tarantino, Mamet, Sandberg—then framed the hook: video-game pacing, black humor, and power narratives I map the ingredients behind my voice and pacing: Bret Easton Ellis, Tarantino, Mamet, and...