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Second No-Tech Sunday: Two Phone Reaches and Better Questions
Our second family day without screens: fewer phone reaches, kids who didn't argue, a sharp observation from my wife, and the work anxiety that still shows up.
Parenting
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Last Known Good: A Debugging Lesson From My Son's LEGO Set
My nine-year-old fixed a stuck LEGO build by going back to the last step that worked. It's the debugging discipline I'd let slip on a Fabric pipeline.
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Teaching My Kids About Technology: Makers, Not Just Users
When Andriel asked what I do at work, I wrote down what I want my kids to learn first: critical thinking, privacy, boundaries and making things.
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Our First No-Tech Sunday: Four Phone Reaches and a Creek
The first family day with phones, laptops and tablets put away: the itch in the first hour, the fake-urgent work thoughts, and why we're doing it again.
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The Five-Minute Father: Phone Down When My Kids Talk
Andriel showed me a Pokémon drawing and I answered without looking up. The one rule I set afterwards: when my kids talk, the phone goes down.
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Autism Meltdowns: What Doesn't Help, What Does, and Prevention
What our family has learned about our son's autism meltdowns: what makes them worse, what helps, how we prevent some, and why it isn't bad parenting.
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The Weekend I Stopped Answering Slack
How I went from working every weekend to zero weekend work: the setup, the team pushback, what changed after eight weeks, and the exceptions I still allow.
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What My Son's Autism Taught Me About Predictable Systems
Andriel needs routine, not just likes it. Living with that has changed how I design functions, error messages, API deprecations and change for my teams.
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The Tech Parent's Dilemma: Home All Day, Present for None of It
My seven-year-old asked why I'm always on my computer. How remote tech work erased my boundaries, and the rules I'm putting back in place.
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Explaining ChatGPT to My Sons: Very Good Guessing, Not Thinking
How I explained ChatGPT to my sons, aged seven and 10: autocomplete, educated guessing, and why sounding confident is not the same as being right.
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The Importance of a Father Figure
Throughout my life, "Father Figure" has been an evolving term. At nine, the loss of my biological father left me grappling with an abstract notion of…