school
This year our daughter joined Kindergarten at a Waldorf Charter School and this has been the center of our universe so to speak. We have been very engaged with it since the school invites families to volunteer and help in anyway they can. I recently helped secure some furniture to the walls to earthquake proof them and nothing quite beats the feeling of helping in that way, even the simple things.
friends
I've also been working on making friends. This embarrassed me at first because this wasn't something that I really had to work on. I've had friends all my life right? Sort of... but not the type of quality friendships that are maintained by staying in constant contact and hanging out. Proximity and context matters it seems. Working remote has it's perks but it comes with a trade-off of close connections, the day-to-day interactions that slowly but surely build a relationship with someone.
So lately I've been making a large effort to text people and ask them to hangout. It feels foreign and strange, it never used to be this way but it seems to be working. Our friends regularly invite us to places and we have small chat in text messages. That feels nice... we cherish it.
hobbies
This blog has consumed me. Months ago I would find time to play games on my Steam Deck but that is a very tiny slice of my time now. I finished the game Hollow Knight: Silksong the sequel to Hollow Knight and that felt good to beat a difficult game. Once you play hard games, it's hard to go back to easy ones although I still enjoy the mindless survivor game here and there.
We also bought a Brompton foldable bike, the new 12 speeds with the improved gearing and I can say without a doubt it's my favorite material thing I've ever bought. I find excuses to ride it even if it mostly doesn't make sense. At some point I'll write a love letter to that bike on here.
work
I'm still at a bioprocessing company working as a software engineer. I've learned a lot at the company and would say I've probably had a large shift in what I stand for when it comes to building software with my time here. I'm exposed to a lot of valuable legacy systems here that have tested my temptations to rewrite the stack (don't do it). At the moment I'm firmly in the Worse is Better camp -- the author of that writes articles that sides with both mental models, it's well worth the read.
My wife has been busy starting her architecture firm with her college peer. I'm so proud of them, they've been getting large jobs and helping people rebuild homes from the recent LA fires.
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Updated on Feb 11, 2026