Why did I make this?

2026-02-14

Pointing out the obvious

If you’re reading this, welcome! I suppose you’re either a curious dev/engineer or a recruiter, or even a random digital passerby who’s stumbled upon this blog-thing. So, what is jacobrstone.dev? As the name suggests, jacobrstone.dev is my personal site. My corner of the internet that belongs to me. My voice into the digital void. It acts as a living CV of my experience, all the way from my first internship (and technically my first “real” job), until now.

So, why then?

Well, there are many reasons. One, because I wanted to. That is enough. More than that, it is to do this: write what you’re reading now. I think I never really, truly, grasped the value of writing. How it lets you think, and how it can act as a tool to offload and coerce one’s racing thoughts into some semblance of sense. Until now. Until reading a number of blogs from a number of great engineers that I look up to and admire, and those I don’t. To write is to articulate your thoughts, which is to say: to think. To think is to be, and in a time where constant scrolling, gamification, and general dopamine-chasing has had me in its chokehold. I want to put down the screen and pick up the (digital) pen. This blog provides an outlet, to voice these thoughts and help me navigate the rapidly changing landscape during the breakneck speed of AI advancement. Maybe, if you’re reading this, my ramblings can give you something to chew on.

As I mentioned at the start, jacobrstone.dev acts as a living CV, it depicts my journey into tech, and these blogs are how I am cognitively traversing it. It’s a way for me to look back at where I came from, and realise I am actually doing okay. It’s often such an overlooked aspect in the fast-paced world we live in. By ‘world’, I mean our new digital age, and specifically the tech industry. Every time I see a LinkedIn post from Ryan Peterman titled “Interview with new grad who made staff at Meta in 4 years”, I always feel a bittersweet dejection. On one hand, it’s great to see people succeeding, but somehow it always makes me reflect and realise “there’s always someone more cracked than me”. It should be enough that I am where I am, and honestly, I am really, really happy. It took me 18 months, but I was finally able to get a job linked to the degree I actually studied. Sometimes, though… I do wonder what could’ve been if I’d applied myself earlier than I did.

So, the real “why” here is to prove to myself that things are going well, or better yet, ahead of it. To look back on things and regret is a short step away from losing the present. This site acts as a lens to look back on the journey with a deep gratitude, and an acknowledgement that you needed to go there, to be here now.