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Family man apps | ideas | dad stuff

Massachusetts
Joined December 2024
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I am not a fan of the term “UGC” as it’s currently being used. From my understanding, the original meaning of UGC was content that users of your product created organically. It was a byproduct of the design and intent of a product. Paying someone to produce the same kind of content and calling it UGC feels weird, like it’s a sneaky trick to create the illusion of users organically sharing your product, but they’re all paid partners. Can’t we just call it “creator marketing”?
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I just ate a chocolate croissant that changed my life
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Afternoon study
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And de-slopifying the badge cards Before → After
Doing some milestone badge character redesigns Before → After
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Doing some milestone badge character redesigns Before → After
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First vid to go mini viral on the tok 20k and counting 📈
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New banner :)
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Been having fun testing some different shorts content and formats lately This latest one on Simulation Theory seems to have hit, never had a post get traction this quick
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Is this a signal that we are living in a simulation?
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Having kids is the best screen time blocker
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I listened to this MFM pod with @Rizstanford on my way to work yesterday and loved it. I had always heard of Simulation Theory in passing, but had never explored it beyond the surface. I then went on to the rest of my day, but could not help myself from continuing to ponder the theory. I was sitting in an all day training at work with some fairly dry material, so I thought to myself, during this training I will keep my eyes open and see if I can observe any indications of the Simulation Theory, any glitches in the matrix, so to speak. About two hours later, the discussion during the training drifted to AI and AI agents, then out of the blue, the training instructor asked the class, "Has anyone ever heard of the Simulation Theory?" My heart skipped a beat and I smiled wide. Maybe this was merely coincidence or a moment of synchronicity. Or maybe it was the Simulation at play 🤔
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Some thoughts on fatherhood, aliveness and middle of the night ER visits
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My wife has been absolutely dialing her homemade Seolleongtang (설렁탕) 😋🇰🇷
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Starting to crack the UGC code
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Had to take my 10-month-old daughter to the ER at 3 AM last night It’s amazing how every nagging worry, thought and wish goes out the window when your child falls ill It snaps you our of your head and instantly puts into perspective what’s truly important in life She is totally fine and is at home resting and recovering now, thank you God 🙏
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Had fun working with Opus 5.5 this week on some website enhancements
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Slow and steady
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The Milestone Collection
I’m building Pokémon for sobriety
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Soup season is upon us
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Ngl I've been a Claude Code boy for the past year, using it for all my app development But after using Codex for a week now I think it's my new daily driver Particularly enjoying having image gen baked in, and Codex + Figma MCP
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