The ER doctor held up the pellet and said, ‘It was a quarter inch from the artery to your brain. If it had gone left, you’d be dead.’ That moment rerouted my life.

One of the perks of having kids is that you can unleash your inner child without raising eyebrows. After all, I’m building it for the kids. (Though let’s be honest—they love it, and I love it. That must be genetic.)

Documentation is the broccoli of programming: good for you, often skipped, and essential for growth—in code and in life.

Our family road trip to the Badlands had it all—prairie dogs, ribeye misadventures, and a parody song about a lonely bison.