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It lowkey sucks when you’re on vacation but the only parent within a group.
It’s difficult to persuade people without kids to stick to a kid schedule, there’s no other kids around, and it’s just generally more not less work…↳

Why are kids pens circular rather than square? they roll away.. maybe triangular is the move… ↳

my mother was taking her dog for a walk and was bringing Henry; without thinking she tried to put a leash on Henry rather than her dog ↳

things i forgot for our big trip:

  1. a bluetooth speaker

  2. an extra USB cable (i brought 1x cable but it has 2x ends, but i think I need another one)

Constantly amazed at how often Product Managers jump on the AI bandwagon without full context. Eg: someone excitedly discussing the Agentic Shopify MCP when just using a simple Restful API is more than sufficient. ↳

the hardest thing in the world is to make Safari autocomplete your credit card in a field Safari doesn't deem worthy of receiving your credit card info.↳

I almost pasted this thought into ChatGPT because it was a bit wordy but I caught myself at the last minute... ↳

For many many years the Product Management Industrial Complex has expanded (with bloat, fat salaries and nebulous value) and it's amazing to me how PMs have embraced AI to do the core aspects of that role (writing specs, discovery, etc) and I wonder if that increasing depenence on AI will be the thing that makes the wider industry realise that the PM field has grown way beyond what it's primary goal was (helping organizations delight users)↳

Here are some staples I recommend everyone buy from Trader Joes:

  1. Greek yogurt with honey

  2. Scissor cut noodles

  3. Frozen lasagna

  4. Any of the tomato pasta sauces, the pomodoro especially

  5. Firm tofu (its so cheap!)

Brio battery operated trains are so terrible↳