Last updated: Nov 20, 2025
Big picture:
Omri was born this spring. Sarah is healthy after an extra-hard pregnancy. He’s in daycare now, which means I have time to build things for fun and be thoughtful about what’s next professionally.
Recent writing:
I am writing a data warehousing series (edited and published by Zach Wilson) that has already gone semi-viral. Apparently this is data engineering rage-bait.
What I’m building:
- Bespoke apps for Sarah’s work (LLM-assisted coding is a gamechanger for speed and fun).
- Dabbling in other code projects (like this dictation tool).
- Relaunching Yenta soon.
- Running an email list or two.
- Scratching a technical writing itch or two (publishing soon!).
What I’m reading:
- Working through my book backlog. (I will never finish).
- Working through my Instapaper → Pocket → Matter article backlog. (Wow, looking at what I was reading in 2012 … idk man, I’ve really matured).
- Lately: Honey from the Rock by Lawrence Kushner, Canarsie: The Jews and Italians of Brooklyn against Liberalism by Jonathan Rieder, assorted Tony Judt.
- Finally diving into new, fun books. I tore through all of Dungeon Crawler Carl. I stayed up late reading The Goblin Emperor in one night. I loved the Lies of Locke Lamora.
- I’ve been rereading Terry Pratchett with fresh eyes – getting so much more out of it critically than the last time through.
What I’m playing and watching:
- Gloomhaven and Frosthaven with Sarah. Started a local dads Gloomhaven group. Started a weekly gloomhaven game with a friend (and his girlfriend, and Sarah).
- During Sarah’s pregnancy I had irregular snatches of time – used them to revisit Psychonauts 1 & 2 (deeper and wiser than I thought), XCOM, and others.
- We’ve been (re) watching the Wire. Sarah has never seen it. It’s hitting much harder for me than it did in early college.
- I’ve been cooling on Dropout, but it’s still a good source of fun.
- Finally broke down and paid for a subscription to War on the Rocks. Hey, it beats twitter!
It’s wedding season:
- Visited San Francisco for Mek’s wedding!
- Before that, we went glamping upstate for cousin Matan’s wedding.
- Before that, we flew to Colorado for Sarah’s cousin’s wedding. (That was tough. Flying + time zones + lack of good eating + elevation created a very cranky baby).
- Misha got married too! Sad I missed that one. But she seems lovely.
Day to day:
- Walking in Brooklyn Botanic Garden (solo and with Sarah and Omri).
- Climbing again. Being present in group chats. Going to weddings.
- Started the Artist’s Way again, paused it because the pregnancy got too intense.
- We’re throwing shabbat dinners, a passover seder, and so on.
- Hosting game nights (often organized by others — hosting means we can hang with people after Omri falls asleep)
Work Stuff:
I am looking for my next role. The kind where you’re plotting with smart people at intersections (product/business/data/engineering, the more slashes the better).
Special projects, strategic IC work, or eng management at AI companies or dev tools in NYC. Especially want to work with a great manager I can learn from.
Know someone I should talk to? Hit me up!
This is a “now” page, as opposed to a “then” page or “about” page. You can also read about my current projects, my pre-2025 life, or just go to my latest update.