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I write about what I'm thinking and build small apps to try ideas out. Both live here.

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Lithium's Q2 Round Trip: A Two-Year High, Then a Restart Scare

Jun 28, 2026

Battery-grade lithium carbonate hit a 2½-year peak above ¥200,000/t in mid-May 2026, then gave back nearly a quarter of its value as supply restarts and speculation over CATL's shuttered Jianxiawo mine swept the market. What moved the price from April to June — and why.

Welcome to the new bargerbarger.com

Jun 28, 2026

Why I rebuilt my site as a blog and a place to demo the apps I make.

How a new post gets published

Jun 27, 2026

A note to myself on the publishing workflow.

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Demo apps

Small things I've built. See them all →