Writing

Notes & essays

Writing on the questions that sit above any single study — why an N-of-1 design is worth running, what the literature still leaves out, and what it means to do this work independently and in the open. Study-specific protocols and results live on each study’s own site.

MethodologyJune 9, 2026 · 6 minWhy N = 1, and why publish itA single-subject design can’t tell you what is true of a population. It can tell you, in unusual detail, what happened in one body — and that has its own kind of value.Read FieldMay 28, 2026 · 7 minWhat the surgical literature leaves outThere is a reasonable body of work on how peritoneal-flap neovaginoplasty goes. There is very little on what the tissue does afterward — and that gap is the reason this program exists.Read Independent researchApril 30, 2026 · 5 minDoing science without an institutionNo grant, no department, no ethics board reading over my shoulder. That changes what I’m free to study — and it changes what I owe in return.Read Open scienceMarch 15, 2026 · 4 minEverything goes on OSF firstIf it isn’t time-stamped before I see the result, I don’t fully trust myself with it. Pre-registration is mostly a tool against my own hindsight.Read