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reliving my 20s in my 30s

Using AI to improve all the pillars of life.

Work. Family. Health. Personal. — one honest experiment at a time.

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Where AI actually helps

⚙️Work

Build skill, not dependence.

Use AI to sharpen judgment, understand hard systems, and improve the craft — not to outsource thinking.

try it Before accepting AI output, find one flaw it missed.

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🐻Family

Protect your attention.

Leave work at work. Be more present with the people who actually matter — play included.

try it Phone in a drawer for the first 20 minutes home.

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⚡Health

Move like it matters.

Energy compounds. Small physical bets — sleep, sweat, food — that keep the machine honest.

try it A 15-minute walk with no podcast, phone, or AI.

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🌙Personal

Make small changes that last.

Reflection and simple systems that make an ordinary day a little more yours.

try it Three-line evening note: worked, didn't, one change.

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Deep Dive · 11 min read

The Software Interview: A Short History

Five eras of big-tech interviewing, one repeating pattern — and how every proxy from brainteasers to LeetCode eventually broke the same way.

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WORK

Nice try, robot — I still found the bug.

Work: Nice try, robot — I still found the bug.
FAMILY

Phone in the jar. Dad is back.

Family: Phone in the jar. Dad is back.
HEALTHzzz

AI is more hyped than my legs.

Health: AI is more hyped than my legs.
PERSONAL

Three lines. Giant list, retired.

Personal: Three lines. Giant list, retired.
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