EssayspersonalApr 12, 2026Evergreen
Morning Light on the Water
A short reflection on what the ocean looks like before anyone else is awake.
Steven M. Ocampo
Welcome ~ I'm Steven, a writer in Miami Beach. I write about longevity, philosophy, and living a good life.
When I'm not writing, I'm probably coding or building my second brain. I play guitar, and most of all I love quietly contemplating ideas, both new and old.
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Mostly notes to my unborn child.
My Garden
A digital garden — a place where I grow ideas in public. Some entries are evergreen and finished, others are budding or still seedlings. Wander in.
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Essays
Long-form thinking — technical dev-logs, PR write-ups, and the occasional personal piece.
EssayspersonalApr 9, 2026Evergreen
Leaning Into The Afternoons
Ruminations while sitting at the piano on a rainy April day
EssaysApr 8, 2026Evergreen
Redesigning the blog: from a leerob.io fork to an editorial garden
A senior-designer review of the current site, four aesthetic dialects compared, and the hybrid I picked to hold software, garden, family, and photos in one home.
EssaysMar 8, 2026Seedling
MDX Component Showcase
A living reference for React components you can embed in MDX posts
Notes
Notes
Shorter, less polished thoughts. Seeds I'm still growing.
Technical
Technical
Code-focused posts — dev-logs, PR write-ups, and architecture notes from my projects.
Apr 16Cleaning Up 14 Copies of the Same CodeApr 16The Technical Section Got a Real MakeoverApr 13Keeping the notes-to-blog pipeline honestApr 13Blood, haplogroups, and a map that actually looks like a mapApr 12Dress Rehearsal and a New ScriptApr 12Setting Up Cloudflare TunnelsApr 12Icons, identity, and a whole new family websiteApr 11Content Model v2: Five Sections and a Garden Umbrella
Projects
Projects
What I am building right now.
Projectshonest-camApr 12, 2026Budding
The Honest CAM Project
An overview of what Honest CAM is, why it exists, and where it is headed.
Projectsmiami-beach-garden
[Placeholder] Harvest season
Tomatoes, three kinds of chile, and enough basil to give away. Notes from the first real harvest.
Projectscosta-rica
[Placeholder] Breaking ground
First shovel in the dirt. Foundation notes, permit surprises, and the look of the valley at 6am.