Sam King

Vancouver, Canada

2026-04-15

Sesame, an unremarkably good 2FA app

Authy has been getting worse for years, so I built my own 2FA app. Sesame is open source, local-first, and free on the App Store.

2026-03-31

Sick of assumptions

LLMs are trained on neurotypical conversation patterns. When you say exactly what you mean, the model tries to read between lines that don't exist.

2026-03-04

Leave them there

On the Dubai situation and a very British habit of deciding who deserves help.

2025-08-02

State of mind

April me thought productivity guilt was the problem. August me realizes the world may also be to blame.

2025-04-16

On being productive today

My brain wants 16-hour coding marathons. My body wants mountains. The guilt is suffocating. Maybe productivity means something different now.

2025-01-24

Going dark, time to focus elsewhere

The exhausting reality of platform fragmentation, and a vision for more intimate creative spaces.

2024-08-28

Social Media for Photographers

Is there room for a more intimate, authentic space for those who genuinely care about the medium of photography?

2024-08-18

I've been working on refrakt.app for a little over a year and a half now. Recently however, I've not had the time or motivation to work on it as much as I probably should, and I can't help but feel bad about that.

2024-01-20

Running away, in a good way

I've made an impulsive decision to run away to Vancouver, but I really do think it will be good for me. The mountains and slower pace of life are what I need right now.

2023-07-17

A hidden battle

It's been a very long time since I wrote here, probably a symptom of the way I've been feeling. I've been avoiding some things and trying to distract myself.

2023-01-08

Authentistic

Since finding out I’m Autistic half way through 2022, I’ve been thinking a lot about unmasking and reconciling what that means for my identity.

2022-10-11

Journal

It’s been just over a year since I started this website and I had every intention of writing more often. Things have changed and I think these posts are going to be more like journal entries than proper articles.

2022-09-10

A self discovery at 30

It’s kind of weird for me to share this, but this is a personal read about a recent discovery and how it’s impacted me. It may change your perception of me as a person, but hopefully not in a negative way.

2022-09-09

Rest and relaxation… sort of

It’s been a while since I’ve written anything here, but this is what I’ve been up to since my last post where I spoke about burning out.

2022-02-15

Recovering after the crash

I apologise for the cringe title, but I’m sharing my experience with burnout and what I’m going to be doing over the next couple of months.

2021-10-24

Dead already?

It’s been a full month since I last posted. I started this in the hopes of getting me writing, and it worked to some degree. There’s just been a lot going on this last month!

2021-09-23

Thoughts on therapy

In the spirit of being more open, I’m continuing the conversation about therapy. Why and how I got started, and how it’s been so far. Maybe it will be helpful if you’ve been thinking about starting therapy yourself.

2021-09-20

An introduction

Who are you? What is this? Wtf am I reading? Hopefully I can answer some of those questions in this post. This is a new dedicated space for my writing, something I haven’t had for a long time. Enjoy your stay!