# working home (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 11 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover working home. Page: Feed: --- ## [Today’s Timestamp](https://motherhoodbetweenmeetings.substack.com/p/todays-timestamp-2bd) _2026-08-20 · Motherhood Between Meetings · Motherhood Between Meetings_ 6:30 AM–2:00 PM The kind of day that reminds me there really isn’t a secret to working from home with kids. You just get really good at figuring it out. ## [I Don’t Think You Actually Want to Know How I Do It](https://motherhoodbetweenmeetings.substack.com/p/i-dont-think-you-actually-want-to) _2026-08-19 · Motherhood Between Meetings · Motherhood Between Meetings_ And I’m realizing I don’t need to prove it to you, either. ## [diary - day 308](https://yak.bearblog.dev/diary-day-308/) _2026-08-18 · yak · Yak_ WFH, got the Pup! But, solo. Much harder. She's been a good egg though. I just realised that I'm probably the most unsure about my career as I ever have been. I don't know what's on my horizon, I don't know where I want to go either. I've tried having conversations with my boss, but there's no clarity at all. The company doesn't know what it wants from people looking to make it to staff engineer… ## [diary - day 307](https://yak.bearblog.dev/diary-day-307/) _2026-08-17 · yak · Yak_ Finally, the weather is letting off a little. I can think again. WFH day - Doing an odd week setup. Wed and Thurs in the office, now that I'm down to two days a week. Leaving drinks/dinner for our colleague on Wed night. It's been quite nice this morning! Had a little lie-in thanks to my wife, then took Bonnie for a walk. We had a long-lead delivered so she can practice off-lead walking with us… ## [How the Actual F Are You Working From Home With Kids AND Making Homemade Bread?](https://motherhoodbetweenmeetings.substack.com/p/how-the-actual-f-are-you-working) _2026-08-16 · Motherhood Between Meetings · Motherhood Between Meetings_ I don’t have time to make bread either. That’s kind of the point. ## [diary - day 303](https://yak.bearblog.dev/diary-day-303/) _2026-08-13 · yak · Yak_ WFH today, on puppy watch, and taking a 4-day week, so off tomorrow. It's stonking hot at 37 degrees. Insane. What are we doing? Got to do some exam prep, which I keep putting off. I hate exams so much; I'm not good at them. Hate that I'm forced to do it! Doing some design, refactoring, and general planning otherwise today. Straightforward enough. ## [diary - day 301](https://yak.bearblog.dev/diary-day-301/) _2026-08-11 · yak · Yak_ Started the day again with a 7am walk. It's so lovely at that time. The temperature isn't stupid, and it's quiet. Bonnie's been doing great sleep-wise the last two nights, too, so I feel like I'm becoming human again. Today at work, it's all design and documenting (+ some small bug fixes as quick follow-ups to GA yesterday). Had another chat with the other engineer I'm working with on this one,… ## [diary - day 300 (retroactive)](https://yak.bearblog.dev/diary-day-300-retroactive/) _2026-08-11 · yak · Yak_ Forgot to write this yesterday, oops. 300 days in my role now, wow. Busy day! Was in the office, and it was a double-whammy. Got to enjoy the morning first, though, with my Wife and Pup. We've been doing walks at 7am, and they're just a great way to start the day - especially as I've not been going to the gym. I was cracking out some last-minute changes to turn on our feature globally for our… ## [Maybe This Is My Year of No](https://motherhoodbetweenmeetings.substack.com/p/maybe-this-is-my-year-of-no) _2026-08-11 · Motherhood Between Meetings · Motherhood Between Meetings_ I built my career by saying yes to every opportunity. Motherhood is teaching me that sometimes the stronger answer is no. ## [The Village I’m Supposed to Be Grateful For… But Don’t Actually Want](https://motherhoodbetweenmeetings.substack.com/p/the-village-im-supposed-to-be-grateful) _2026-08-09 · Motherhood Between Meetings · Motherhood Between Meetings_ Everyone tells moms to accept the village—but what happens when the “help” you never asked for starts feeling more like a boundary being crossed? ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/mg7TDRD0TvDf) _2026-08-09 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [I Let Myself Go After Having Kids](https://motherhoodbetweenmeetings.substack.com/p/i-let-myself-go-after-having-kids) _2026-08-08 · Motherhood Between Meetings · Motherhood Between Meetings_ Just not in the way I always thought I would. ## [diary - day 296](https://yak.bearblog.dev/diary-day-296/) _2026-08-06 · yak · Yak_ Another day working from home! A lot of them at the moment. With the heat and the pup, it makes me feel less guilty if I'm around. Today is all about catching up or getting ahead. I started drafting my plans for the quarter yesterday, but tbh most of it will come out of the wash on Monday when brainstorming with others. I think it's mostly going to be a quarter of TLC on the parts of the product I… ## [Postpartum Anxiety, Preschool Tours, and the Question of Whether I’m Overreacting](https://motherhoodbetweenmeetings.substack.com/p/postpartum-anxiety-preschool-tours) _2026-08-06 · Motherhood Between Meetings · Motherhood Between Meetings_ Here’s me being honest… even if I’m wrong. ## [diary - day 295](https://yak.bearblog.dev/diary-day-295/) _2026-08-05 · yak · Yak_ A big ol' day of planning, I think. Solo. Got the rough brief for this next quarter, and it's a lot of tech uplift instead of product delivery. Nice change! I've been wanting to do some architecture uplift and heavy refactoring, so this is perfect timing and fits into exactly where I wanted to target. It's nice to get into the details. ## [diary - day 294](https://yak.bearblog.dev/diary-day-294/) _2026-08-04 · yak · Yak_ Not sure where today has gone so far. Working from home. Been told we need to become Anthropic-certified partners, and work is covering the cost + offering an incentive, so I'm gonna work towards that. One of my colleagues is leaving, which is a shame. He's probably my favourite and is way stronger of an engineer than I think the team realises. Tired. Today carries on. ## [My Husband Called My Career a Side Hustle](https://motherhoodbetweenmeetings.substack.com/p/my-husband-called-my-career-a-side) _2026-08-04 · Motherhood Between Meetings · Motherhood Between Meetings_ I spent a decade building a career I was proud of. Then I became a mom — and everything I thought I wanted shifted. ## [diary - day 293](https://yak.bearblog.dev/diary-day-293/) _2026-08-03 · yak · Yak_ Monday! No gym, too hot, and still figuring out my schedule. Did take Bonnie out for a ~7am walk, though, which was nice. Her second outing ever. She still (obviously) is very bouncy and unfocused when walking, but we'll practice! Then, into the office. Rounding out things. Got a week of 'quiet' where I can get things out the door, or polished off. Always love this part of the quarter. Ran out of… ## [What Strength Training Taught Me About Using AI Too Much](https://jaysignorello.com/entrepreneur/what-strength-training-taught-me-about-using-ai-too-much/) _2026-08-03 · Jay Signorello · Jay Signorello_ A founder's lesson from years of sedentary neglect—and how the same pattern is now showing up in AI overuse: less recall, less creativity, less depth. ## [diary - day 290](https://yak.bearblog.dev/diary-day-290/) _2026-07-31 · yak · Yak_ Was nice to get to the office today and catch up with the team - a pretty casual day. Some had just come back from a trip to the US. I'm all out of 'agent' tokens this month, so doing some cranking by hand. I've missed it, and need to make sure I'm finding the time for craft. I liked this read: Agent Automomy . Onto the weekend! ## [I Was Jealous of Her Life](https://motherhoodbetweenmeetings.substack.com/p/i-was-jealous-of-her-life) _2026-07-31 · Motherhood Between Meetings · Motherhood Between Meetings_ The danger of comparing your behind-the-scenes to someone else’s highlight reel ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4HXtlGQChEIJ) _2026-07-31 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when friends get the Graphite Business Card through your referral. ## [Today’s Timestamp](https://motherhoodbetweenmeetings.substack.com/p/todays-timestamp-e0e) _2026-07-30 · Motherhood Between Meetings · Motherhood Between Meetings_ 5:30 AM - 2:00 PM ## [context across spaces](https://yak.bearblog.dev/context-across-spaces/) _2026-07-30 · yak · Yak_ One thing I've realised I'm having an issue with, when using agents to build, is that I work across multiple repos in different combinations - and that means I don't have a context for that combination. The agent burns tokens to gather context for the combination, mapping out what's related and how things tie together. What's the solution? I could just create a folder for each combo that contains… ## [diary - day 288](https://yak.bearblog.dev/diary-day-288/) _2026-07-29 · yak · Yak_ Working from home! No gym today. Wife took our Pup to meet another Pup, her friend, and her children - Great for the pup, and great for focused time for me. Rounding out a bunch of things today, ready to go early access hopefully tomorrow. Exciting! Now trying to get a hold of another project, see if I can get on top of it and ensure it gets delivered ASAP. ## [The Motherhood Mailbox: In-Laws Stories](https://motherhoodbetweenmeetings.substack.com/p/the-motherhood-mailbox-in-laws-stories-a2a) _2026-07-28 · Motherhood Between Meetings · Motherhood Between Meetings_ "I wish I could show you what she wore to my wedding..." "He screamed at my husband for five minutes in front of our two-year-old son." ## [Your Calendar Is Lying to You](https://jaysignorello.com/entrepreneur/your-calendar-is-lying-to-you/) _2026-03-20 · Jay Signorello · Jay Signorello_ Digital calendars copied paper ones and stopped. We don't need apps that show us events, we need tools that show us what those events actually require. ## [AI Didn’t Change the Strategy Game](https://jaysignorello.com/entrepreneur/ai-strategy-game/) _2026-03-10 · Jay Signorello · Jay Signorello_ Everyone is rushing to build apps with AI. But building was never the hard part. Strategy and distribution still are. ## [What I'm Doing Now](https://abhinavsarkar.net/now/) _2026-03-09 · Abhinav Sarkar · Now page updates on abhinavsarkar.net_ I’m living in Bangalore, India and working at Google . Lake After Rain Our daughter is three and a half now. She goes to school, and we are slowly rediscovering what it’s like to have time and energy for ourselves. We took our first proper family vacation in six and a half years—a train trip to Kodaikanal —and despite all the rookie mistakes we made, it was wonderful. I’m still working in the… ## [The Invisible Toggle](https://jaysignorello.com/entrepreneur/the-invisible-toggle/) _2026-03-03 · Jay Signorello · Jay Signorello_ The hardest part of juggling parenting and building software isn't the work itself. ## [Authoritarian Leaders Are Toxic](https://jaysignorello.com/management/authoritarian-leaders-are-toxic/) _2026-02-25 · Jay Signorello · Jay Signorello_ My first management job was a disaster. Here's what changed. ## [The Talk I Wasn’t Ready For](https://jaysignorello.com/entrepreneur/the-talk-i-wasnt-ready-for/) _2026-02-17 · Jay Signorello · Jay Signorello_ When my project failed, the hardest part wasn't starting over — it was telling my kids. But that conversation turned into one of the most important we've ever had about failure, resilience, and what entrepreneurship really looks like. ## [AI QA that opens fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QowiDeCv898S) _2026-02-16 · **Sponsored**_ Run a browser QA from plain-English instructions; get GitHub issues and optional fix PRs. ## [Are 40-Year-Old Women About to Start Having Tons of Kids?](https://empiricalquestions.substack.com/p/are-40-year-old-women-about-to-start) _2026-01-23 · Robert VerBruggen · Empirical Questions_ What it would take for "completed cohort fertility" to hold steady for Gen Z ## [Reflecting on MIRA 2026 Resiliency Finalist Honor](https://mattblogsit.com/out%20of%20band/reflecting-on-mira-2026-resiliency-finalist-honor/) _2026-01-22 · Matt Blogs IT_ Honored as a MIRA 2026 Resiliency Award finalist, I reflect on my journey—from losing the ability to walk at six, to defying medical advice to reclaim my health. ## [Two Moments that Changed My Career](https://jaysignorello.com/career/two-moments-that-changed-my-career/) _2026-01-09 · Jay Signorello · Jay Signorello_ A bus ride home and a few words from Zillow's co-founder helped me realize what I was missing. This is the story of why I walked away from tech management to be there for my kids. ## [20-Year-Old Married Women Have a Lot of Babies](https://empiricalquestions.substack.com/p/20-year-old-married-women-have-a) _2025-10-03 · Robert VerBruggen · Empirical Questions_ Sorting out an interesting data anomaly. ## [Disney World Sucked a Little Less Than I Expected](https://empiricalquestions.substack.com/p/disney-world-sucked-a-little-less) _2025-10-01 · Robert VerBruggen · Empirical Questions_ Notes from a sweaty week on "vacation." ## [The Migration of College Kids](https://empiricalquestions.substack.com/p/the-migration-of-college-kids) _2025-08-18 · Robert VerBruggen · Empirical Questions_ An unexpected pattern? ## [The School Year and Homicide Trends](https://empiricalquestions.substack.com/p/the-school-year-and-homicide-trends) _2025-08-14 · Robert VerBruggen · Empirical Questions_ Idle hands or just heat? ## [Tiger Bus to Newmarket](https://petertribble.blogspot.com/2025/07/tiger-bus-to-newmarket.html) _2025-07-22 · Peter Tribble · Over the Hill_ The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority have recently introduced some Tiger bus services. Many locals do not know about them, as the advertising for these services is abysmal. (If you look at the CPCA site, the Tiger buses really are well hidden.) But a couple of them have the advantage of calling at the stop right near my house, so as soon as I could find a gap in my hectic… ## [New Writings: Inequality, Discrimination, Medicaid, Corporate Wokeness!](https://empiricalquestions.substack.com/p/new-writings-inequality-discrimination) _2025-07-10 · Robert VerBruggen · Empirical Questions_ An update ## [The hierarchy of sustainable travel](https://petertribble.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-hierarchy-of-sustainable-travel.html) _2025-07-05 · Peter Tribble · Over the Hill_ Part of transport policy in the UK is the sustainable transport hierarchy. There are lots of versions of this, as it turns out - see for example here and here . But generally put, the hierarchy has a number of tiers: Walking and wheeling Cycling Public transport Taxis and shared vehicles Private cars Air travel Generally, modes are more sustainable as you go up the list - lower pollution, lower… ## [Race and Police Shootings in the Book 'Deadly Force'](https://empiricalquestions.substack.com/p/race-and-police-shootings-in-the) _2025-06-25 · Robert VerBruggen · Empirical Questions_ Some early thoughts on a big new dataset ## [The 2020 Arrest Trend](https://empiricalquestions.substack.com/p/the-2020-arrest-trend) _2025-06-24 · Robert VerBruggen · Empirical Questions_ Some quick charts ## [Properly connected bus services?](https://petertribble.blogspot.com/2025/06/properly-connected-bus-services.html) _2025-06-19 · Peter Tribble · Over the Hill_ Dirk Gently was a great fan of the fundamental interconnectedness of all things. Those who are responsible for our public transport? Not so much. At least where I am and for the journeys I tend to make, joined-up thinking really hasn't permeated into public transport. It wasn't that much better in the past - consider how many railway stations are set distant from their notional destination. Blame… ## [Just How Bad Are County-Level Crime Data?](https://empiricalquestions.substack.com/p/just-how-bad-are-county-level-crime) _2025-06-04 · Robert VerBruggen · Empirical Questions_ Perhaps not completely unusable? ## [Writings: Death and Taxes](https://empiricalquestions.substack.com/p/writings-death-and-taxes) _2025-06-04 · Robert VerBruggen · Empirical Questions_ Some big beautiful publications ## [Cheap single bus tickets considered harmful](https://petertribble.blogspot.com/2025/03/cheap-single-bus-tickets-considered.html) _2025-03-22 · Peter Tribble · Over the Hill_ Here in the UK, the government placed a £2 cap on single bus fares. Cheaper bus fares is a good thing, surely? The snag with this limit is that, at least in Cambridge, it makes 2 single tickets cheaper than a return (OK, there isn't a return, there's a day ticket). It's even cheaper that the advance flexi ticket (which is the day ticket on the smartphone app). (One possibility is that the single…