About Me

I’m Angela, and I have a habit of disappearing down rabbit holes.

One day I’m learning about fraud detection models. The next I’m redesigning our meal-planning system, building a better way to organize my notes and learnings, researching Montessori-inspired learning spaces for my daughter, or wondering whether this year's obsession is convincing enough to justify an entirely new career.

At first glance those interests seem unrelated, but to me they're all versions of the same puzzle.

I'm fascinated by systems—how they're built, why they fail, how they improve, and how ideas from one domain can solve problems in another.

How do we recognize what's normal? How do we detect when something isn't? Why do some processes work effortlessly while others slowly break down? How do we measure success when the best outcome is often nothing happening at all? How can concepts from project management help shape how I think about parenting systems and daily routines?

Those are the kinds of questions that keep me interested.

I love finding connections between disciplines that don't usually get grouped together. Psychology, cybersecurity, data science, design, parenting, healthcare, business, gaming, nature—every field has patterns and ideas worth borrowing.

This website is part learning journal, part resource library, and part organized chaos.

It started because I realized I was learning faster than I could retain what I'd learned. Interesting podcast episodes. Course notes. SQL tricks. ChatGPT conversations. Research papers. Articles buried in my bookmarks. I didn't want to keep rediscovering the same ideas every few months.

Writing forces me to organize scattered ideas, connect concepts, identify gaps in my understanding, and build mental models instead of collecting disconnected facts. This site is where I want to do that work.

You may find resources on topics like:

• fraud detection and analytical thinking

• cybersecurity and detection engineering

• data analysis, SQL, Python, Tableau, and automation

• AI tools and experiments

• productivity, organization, and workflows

• learning strategies

• home systems and routines

• knowledge management and personal knowledge bases

• whatever fascinating rabbit hole I'm currently exploring

This isn't really a traditional blog.

I'm much more interested in creating living resources than publishing one-and-done articles. Most pages here will evolve over time as I learn more. I think of them as knowledge bases rather than blog posts—a place where ideas are refined, expanded, connected, and revisited over time, sometimes repeatedly, as new information reshapes how I understand them.

Ultimately, this site exists to build a searchable library for Future Me, connect ideas that don't obviously belong together, and turn curiosity into understanding.