I code. I build performant and reliable software — from zero-allocation C# libraries to a foundational chess analysis library in Go. I care about craft, clean abstractions, and solving problems that make me think.

I play. I sit across from grandmasters and lose on time in winning positions. I earned 34 Elo points at the Karen Asrian Memorial in Yerevan. Chess teaches me patience — and reminds me I have none.

I write. Not just code. Poetry, essays, thoughts that don’t fit anywhere else. Writing is how I make sense of things.

I read. Philosophy, poetry, technical papers, fiction that makes me see differently. Here’s what’s on my shelf.

I explore. Armenia changed how I see the world. Japan is next. I prefer the back streets to the tourist maps.

I think. About philosophy, about what it means to build things well, about The Little Prince and why the essential is invisible to the eyes.

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