ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN · STUDENT · ENTREPRENEUR
Hi, I'm Samuel.
Orthodox Christian, student, and entrepreneur. I care about what is true, what works, and understanding the difference.
I build software, work on a few businesses, and spend a lot of time thinking about how things ought to fit together.
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currently learningto begin before the approach is perfecthistory +
to begin before the approach is perfect
Older entries will collect here.
currently readingtheology, systems, and language designhistory +
theology, systems, and language design
The reading shelf starts here.
guiding quote“A convenient answer gained at the cost of truth is a real answer lost and forgotten.”history +
“A convenient answer gained at the cost of truth is a real answer lost and forgotten.”
Earlier quotations will appear here.
PROJECTS
current workThings I'm building.
These are the projects I'm actively thinking about and working on.
Arcane Arsenal
A transactional, networked world-state engine written in GNU Guile. It exposes enough metadata for an AI to understand and interact with the world.
Momomacs
My Emacs distribution for Momo Softworks, Momo Studios, and Momo Computing. It gives the three companies a common base without pretending they do the same work.
The Guix Home Lab
My home servers and services, configured with Guix. I want the machines I depend on to be reproducible and, more importantly, understandable.
THOUGHTS / BLOG
drafts and essaysRecent thoughts.
Essays I'm working toward on learning, thought, faith, and the questions underneath the work.
LEARNINGLearning and why I should just start
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I have a habit of trying to find the perfect approach before I begin. This is about why that gets in the way of learning.
Essay in progressTHINKINGIntrospecting introspection
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Some notes on introspection as a deliberate practice, and on how different kinds of thinking interact with it.
Essay in progressFAITHThe Royal Path: My journey to Holy Orthodoxy
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My account of how I came to the Orthodox Church, what drew me there, and what I found along the way.
Essay in progressABOUT
a little more contextAbout me.
I'm Samuel Willey. I'm an Orthodox Christian, a student, and an entrepreneur in Sherman, Texas. I care about telling the truth, making software people can understand, and running businesses that treat people well. I also care about solving the actual problem, even when the solution is not straightforward.
I use Scheme and Lisp, GNU Guix, and Emacs. I do not see Lisp as a historical curiosity. I think it is especially useful now because it lets a program represent a problem using the abstractions that suit it, rather than the ones a language happens to provide.
This is a personal site, not a résumé. I'll keep changing it as I have something worth adding.
LINKS.HTML
Elsewhere.
My code and the companies I work on.WEBRING