Nathan Douglas

Hi, I'm Nate, or Nathan, Nug Doug, Nug Diddy, whatever.

I'm really interested in myself, so I've decided to create a website devoted to me. I'll read or program or whatever, and then I'll write about it on here. Look on my works, ye mighty, and close the tab.

I'm a very curious guy with strong interests in complexity science, the social sciences, organizational dynamics, system design, computability, artificial life, and... I guess the list goes on.

I'm currently working as a Senior DevOps Engineer (though in practice more of a combination software and infra engineer), but I'm a generalist and comfortable in a lot of different scenarios, areas, and niches.

The background stuff is an ant colony simulation. When I gaze into the abyss, I like to see something soft and subtle and alive.

Although I should know better, you can also find me on social media:

• BlueSky
• HackerNews
• LinkedIn
• Letterboxd
• RateYourMusic

If you're interested in working with me, here's some professional information:

• My Résumé
• GitHub

Recent Posts

• 2026-06-17 Loneliness
• 2026-06-10 Proposals
• 2026-05-25 Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
• 2026-05-21 Reorientation
• 2026-05-16 Opportunity

Recent Reading

• The Butcher's Masquerade, Matt Dinniman: Fifth installment in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, continuing the adventures of Carl as he faces new challenges and uncovers deeper mysteries in a post-apocalyptic world.

• The Gate of the Feral Gods, Matt Dinniman: Fourth installment in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, continuing the adventures of Carl as he faces new challenges and uncovers deeper mysteries in a post-apocalyptic world.
• The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook, Matt Dinniman: Third installment in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, continuing the adventures of Carl as he navigates a post-apocalyptic world filled with dungeons, monsters, and unexpected challenges.
• Carl's Doomsday Scenario, Matt Dinniman: Second installment in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, continuing the adventures of Carl as he faces new challenges and uncovers deeper mysteries in a post-apocalyptic world.
• Dungeon Crawler Carl, Matt Dinniman: A thrilling adventure that combines humor, action, and a post-apocalyptic setting, following the protagonist Carl as he navigates a world filled with danger and unexpected twists.
• Latin Alive, Joseph B. Solodow: An exploration of the survival of Latin in English and the romance languages.
• Strategy, B. H. Liddell Hart: A classic work on military strategy that emphasizes the importance of indirect approaches and the psychological aspects of warfare, offering insights applicable to both military and business contexts.
• When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought, Jim Holt: Essays on science, philosophy, and mathematics, exploring the lives and ideas of some of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century.
• Grokking Algorithms, Aditya Bhargava: A beginner-friendly introduction to algorithms and data structures, using visual explanations and real-world examples to make complex concepts accessible.

Recent Ideas

• Event sourcing/event log-based infrastructure management; replace the declarative state structure of IaC with a declare-suggested-changes structure that is merged into an event log-based immutable record.
• Can we do machine learning with a neural network that has multiple depths? e.g. a 30-layer network that also has pathways that will skip multiple layers? Thinking about this as an analogue of focused vs. diffuse thinking.