I Tried to Build a Chore Tracker. It Became Something Else.
I didn't need a shorter list. I needed to stop seeing all of it at once.
Field notes from home
Writing about the work that makes the rest of life possible.
Modern family life, mental load, AI, and trying to build useful things without turning home into a productivity contest.
Field Note 01June 16, 2026
From RevOps to Home Ops, Apparently
What happens when you take RevOps instincts, a break from work, two young kids, and a bunch of AI experiments into the family operating system.
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My Three New Best Friends: Bob, Claude, and Codex
A practical, slightly ridiculous look at how I use three AI tools differently: Bob / ChatGPT for daily life and thinking, Claude for writing and second opinions, and Codex for building. This is not a tool review. It is about how AI has become part of the texture of my actual days.
I Wish AI Could See How Many Eggs I Have in the Fridge
How I use AI for dinner planning, grocery lists, and the daily question of feeding everyone without making it a whole thing. AI is surprisingly helpful here — but the dream is for it to understand what is actually in the fridge, what my family will eat, and what kind of day we are having.
What My Five-Year-Old Knows About Bob — and What Bob Knows About Him
My five-year-old knows I talk to an AI named Bob. And Bob, in a weird but bounded way, knows a lot about him: his interests, his questions, his dinosaur/animal/rock obsessions, and the kinds of parenting moments I ask for help thinking through. This piece is about AI becoming part of the background texture of family life — useful, strange, and worth being thoughtful about.