{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Zachery Taylor — notes & milestones","home_page_url":"https://zacherytaylor.github.io/","feed_url":"https://zacherytaylor.github.io/feed.json","description":"Notes and writing from Zachery Taylor, plus milestones from the story so far.","authors":[{"name":"Zachery Taylor","url":"https://zacherytaylor.github.io/"}],"language":"en-US","items":[{"id":"zt-milestone-2026-09-01-3","url":"https://zacherytaylor.github.io/personal.html#m-writing-the-book-zt-llc","title":"Writing the Book — ZT, LLC","content_text":"Present — Writing and preparing the book for publication through ZT, LLC, the small Pensacola company I set up to publish it and to hold long-term projects.","date_published":"2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["writing"]},{"id":"zt-milestone-2026-07-01-4","url":"https://zacherytaylor.github.io/personal.html#m-section-i-of-the-book-completed","title":"Section I of the Book Completed","content_text":"July 2026 — Completed the first section of the book, establishing the foundation for the larger manuscript and its eventual publication through ZT, LLC.","date_published":"2026-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["writing"]},{"id":"zt-milestone-2026-05-01-5","url":"https://zacherytaylor.github.io/personal.html#m-b-s-mechanical-engineering","title":"B.S. 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She said 'Yes' and we couldn't stop smiling.","date_published":"2025-06-01T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["life"]},{"id":"zt-milestone-2024-07-01-10","url":"https://zacherytaylor.github.io/personal.html#m-purchased-first-home","title":"Purchased First Home","content_text":"July 2024 — Purchased my first home at the age of 25 in Pensacola, FL. Laying a foundation to start a family and begin building equity in a home and city I love.","date_published":"2024-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["life"]},{"id":"zt-milestone-2021-05-01-11","url":"https://zacherytaylor.github.io/personal.html#m-designer-mckim-creed","title":"Designer — McKim & Creed","content_text":"May 2021 – July 2025 — Supported land-development and municipal utility projects under licensed Professional Engineers, managing production for 10+ concurrent water, wastewater, storm drainage, and commercial site projects and resolving utility conflicts before construction.","date_published":"2021-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["work"]},{"id":"zt-milestone-2020-12-01-12","url":"https://zacherytaylor.github.io/personal.html#m-b-s-mathematics","title":"B.S. Mathematics","content_text":"December 2020 — Graduated with a mathematics degree and a minor in statistics, building the analytical structure, discipline, and reasoning that still inform my work.","date_published":"2020-12-01T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["education"]},{"id":"zt-milestone-2020-09-01-13","url":"https://zacherytaylor.github.io/personal.html#m-started-dating-mrs-taylor","title":"Started Dating Mrs. Taylor","content_text":"September 2020 — Made the girl of my dreams my girlfriend. A moment that changed my life forever.","date_published":"2020-09-01T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["life"]},{"id":"zt-milestone-2020-07-01-14","url":"https://zacherytaylor.github.io/personal.html#m-cad-drafter-flynnbuilt","title":"CAD Drafter — FlynnBuilt","content_text":"July 2020 – May 2021 — Drafted for a Pensacola custom home builder, developing 20+ home elevations and floor plans and cutting design turnaround time by 50%.","date_published":"2020-07-01T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["work"]}]}