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Fun First: Extracurriculars Without the Pressure
Swim class isn't about producing an Olympic athlete. Ninja gymnastics isn't about competition prep. The goal is joy, body confidence, and one more environment where my kids feel capable.
Minecraft, Hackathons, and the Case for Unstructured Creativity
My kid builds redstone contraptions with no spec and no deadline. My engineers build their best prototypes under the same conditions. The pattern isn't a coincidence.
Lowest Common Denominators: Managing 13 Engineers and 2 Kids
Both roles require the same voice: not a dictator, but a facilitator who removes blockers. The overlap is bigger than you think.
LLMs as a Parenting Copilot: Using AI to Translate the World
I'm not asking an LLM to parent for me. I'm asking it to help me translate the world into a format my kids can process.
Fishing with Kids: Shore to Boat, Rocks to Reels
It started on shore with grandparents, tangled lines, and thrown rocks. Eventually the kids wanted to try the boat. Fishing turned out to be one of the better family reset buttons we've found.
Incident Response at Home
In the datacenter, when a server goes down, we don't scream at the hardware. We look for the root cause. Why should a meltdown be any different?
Change Management at Home
In infrastructure, we phase rollouts because we know that too much change at once causes outages. At home, the same principle applies, just with higher emotional stakes.