Non scholae sed vitae discimus

Hi, I’m Darlington

Lifelong learner, finding meaning and connections across disciplines. Tinkering with engineering, music, art, and fitness—and jotting my way through it all.

A few things on my mind.

01 / WRITINGS

Blockchains

I role played judging 50+ Colosseum Projects, and here's what I found out

Here are patterns found across the winners of Solana's frontier Hackathon

7 min read Startups

The 'Build Hard Things' Mantra Is Killing Your Startup

Everyone says, "build hard things to win". I disagree. The best founders build meaningful things, even if they "look" easy.

4 min read Reflections

If Life Is a Simulation, Was This My Only Outcome?

How different would my life be, if a few variables were altered?

7 min read Geopolitics

A Vicious Cycle: Uncomfortable Truths About Colonialism’s Legacy

The tragedy of many post-colonial states is not that they were once colonized, but that they still attempt to run on systems never built for their success. Breaking out of a vicious cycle begins not with blame or denial, but with clarity.

8 min read Blockchains

Beginner’s Guide To Understanding Zero Knowledge Proofs

I see a lot of persons mention Zk like this, magic solution that fixes everything, with literally no context to its limitations but to understand its limitations, we'd need to understand, what it is right? so let's dive right in.

7 min read

02 / TRAVELS

The world, through my lens

09 countries & counting

great wall — **Great wall of China, Beijing**

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