I did not know Om Malik well. He and I only met twice in person. In 2021, we had lunch and mostly talked about watches and photography, topics special to us both. This past January, we had coffee. It was clear he was ailing. We talked about watches, AI, and life. Indeed, not death, but life. I told him that I loved his recent writing. He urged me to write more, which I am doing, not in prose but code. I take away that time for all of us is short, and therefore precious. Farewell @Onmyom

Nice day for ballgame!

Last week, I crossed a big milestone with Tug, my IDE for AI-driven software development. I now have a full graphical frontend to work with Claude Code. I have left the terminal app behind. This is the first pillar of the project, with the goal to unify AI coding, git, the shell, and more. There’s a UI component system, themes, and complete support to navigate through the graphical cards, panes, and controls of the app with the keyboard. I think the project is going great. 🚀

I’m 60 years old today. I have a wonderful wife. My son just got his Master’s degree in Psychology. I have financial freedom. I achieved more in my career than I thought I would… happy 25th birthday to WebKit today too! I love the self-directed work I’m doing today. Sure, I have some bruises, a few regrets, and some aches and pains too: physical, mental, and emotional. But not too bad. I’m doing well. Overall: A-

I no longer have staples in my head. So that’s good.

So yeah. I’m in the hospital. I fainted this morning while making the morning espresso and I hit by head on the counter on the way down. Not a big enough lunch or dinner yesterday. I slept poorly as well since my trick shoulder acted up. Too many things piled up and I wound up in a pile on the floor. Looks like I’m OK. Can’t wait to get back to work.

Today is my 32nd wedding anniversary. I'm married to the best person I know. I'm so lucky. Happy anniversary sweetie! ❤️

Check out Era, the wonderful new company coming out of stealth today: https://era.world. As they say themselves, “We are researchers, designers, engineers, tinkerers, and yappers who fell in love with technology as 2000s kids.” Well, as a 1970s kid who fell in love with technology back then, I look forward to seeing how the folks at Era work to meet their own huge potential, and then share it out to rest of us so we can benefit from their ideas, energy, and achievements. Go Era!