2026-08-06
My kid wanted a game and my phone had none, so I built a puzzle with no timerNew
How Pivot & Merge came about: a puzzle game with no timer, built because my kid asked for a game while we were out and I had zero installed. What I borrowed from Tetris, Puyo Puyo and 2048, and what I left out on purpose.
2026-06-13
“They grow up so fast” — so I did the math on how much time I have left with my kid
7 p.m. on a Tuesday, kid on the floor at Trader Joe's, and the grandma behind us smiles and says “they grow up so fast.” Same cliché as “things were better back then,” I think. So I went home and did the math. We're past 50% already. LastDays is a countdown of the days left with your kid — the app I built so I'd see that number on my phone every day.
2026-05-31
Orwell's doublethink, but it's parenting — he won't listen, and I want him happy
WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. And my kid won't listen, but I want him happy. I lined up the 1984 slogans next to my own, and turns out I'm running doublethink in my living room every day. Nobody made me do it.
2026-05-30
"Fools learn from experience" — Bismarck, Piaget, and a kid who won't take my shortcuts
Same kanji, same wrong stroke, third time this week. I already hit this wall 30 years ago. I'm trying to hand him the history. He's not taking it. Bismarck's