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Journal

2 entries — the engineering journey, written up with the numbers.

2026

01 //2026-08-24

One line in layout.tsx told Google 90 pages were duplicates of my homepage

A canonical set in a Next.js root layout is inherited by every route. Mine made all 90 pages declare themselves duplicates of the homepage — silently.

Ownership · Part 1

SEO / AEO3 min

02 //2026-08-01

How I became CTO at 23 of the company that hired me as a part-time student

Hired part-time in August 2021, CTO of the same company in August 2026 — five years to the month. What actually happened in between, honestly scoped.

Ownership

Engineering3 min