👋 Hi, I’m Alwyn.
I spent years in tech building systems for other people. Now I live aboard a solar-powered boat called Moonshot and build tools that help people reclaim their time, energy, and attention.
I’m still a software engineer at heart, but Arpeggio is where the code serves something larger than another sprint. It’s a notebook for intentional living: fewer status meetings, more daylight, more agency.
I care about work that is enough rather than endless — tools that help you step off the upgrade treadmill and design a life that feels abundant, not maximized.
🌿 Who Arpeggio Is For
Arpeggio is built first for people in tech: engineers, analysts, builders who feel squeezed between layoffs, “efficiency,” and an always-on career path that doesn’t leave much room to breathe.
The calculators started as my way to sanity-check a wild idea: could a regular engineer downshift, live aboard, and still do meaningful work without burning out? They’re here so you can run your own numbers — not just on solar and range, but on what a more sovereign life might cost and return.
If you’re trying to move from “I hope this job is safe” to “I can walk away and still be okay”, Arpeggio is meant to give you data, stories, and a gentle nudge in that direction.
âš“ What Arpeggio Tries To Do
Arpeggio won’t tell you to quit tomorrow, and it’s not financial advice. It’s a set of honest tools and logs from someone who is already living the experiment:
- Solar and propulsion calculators that make tradeoffs visible
- Real-world notes from Moonshot’s conversions and mistakes
- Ideas for using engineering skills to buy back freedom, not just stock
The hope is simple: that more people in our industry feel free to say “no”, to design exit ramps, and to build lives that aren’t entirely hostage to the next reorg.
đź’¬ If this resonates and you want to compare notes: