Engineering Builder & Leader - Muse & Meta AI for VR. Writing from a personal lens about learning, software, and building apps for my kids. Views are my own.
Los Angeles, CA
Joined October 2007
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Starting 2026 by writing more in public; mostly to think clearly.
I work on serious AI & VR systems, but the ideas that stick with me usually come from smaller places: learning, teaching, and building little tools at home.
This account will be personal, imperfect, and exploratory.
Planned our family Disneyland trip with AI.
• Claude Code as the agent
• Claude Skills for research, planning, tracking, and journaling
• A simple companion web app for itineraries, maps, and on-the-go help
Planning is usually a chore.
This turned it into play.
Inspired by fellow dads exploring AI for personal software: @petergyang, @HamelHusain, @lennysan, @steveruizok
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Something a mentor told me always stuck with me: the best engineers can build “something out of nothing”.
The “nothing” was not a vacuum of ideas but the lack of specificity. That engineering skill was to drive clarity into the ambiguity to deliver “something” truly special.
Excited to announce that @ManusAI has joined Meta to help us build amazing AI products!
The Manus team in Singapore are world class at exploring the capability overhang of today’s models to scaffold powerful agents.
Looking forward to working with you, @Red_Xiao_!
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Introducing Meta AI on Meta Quest—Your Smart MR Assistant, Coming Soon meta.com/blog/quest/meta-ai-…
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It's here: #MetaQuest3, the first mainstream mixed reality headset built for immersive experiences.
🌍 Blend physical and digital worlds
🤏 Navigate with hands or controllers
🚫 No wires or battery packs
#MetaConnect2023
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This one goes out to all our developers working with WebXR. Say hello to Immersive Web Emulator, a new browser extension capable of simulating Meta Quest headsets. 🧵
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There's still a lot of work to do but I'm hoping this can really bring platforms like desktop, VR, and web closer to parity with what was originally a mobile-focused framework.
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Our team has been working on an experimental cross-platform pointer API for React Native this past year and we're excited to share our progress!
Check out our post on motivations, benefits, and how to try it out.
reactnative.dev/blog/2022/12…
Built a “proof of life” for a video-streaming hackthon project all from my iPhone with React Native, Expo and Replit app - it was fun! Quite excited to do use this approach to build more such tiny projects in 2023.
Argentina & Messi - you were brilliant and resilient this entire World Cup!! What an absolutely thrilling final to bring it home!! 🎉⚽️🐐
Best podcast I listened to this week:
@SFELC_ and Maher Saba discussing:
• Building credibility as an Eng Leader
• Picking high risk, high reward situations
• Motivating large remote teams
• Finding power users & making your product shine for them (for Maher it was his mom!)
Here’s the link if you’d like to check it out — highly recommended 💯
open.spotify.com/episode/5Gr…
Replit mobile app is a great coding companion as you consume tutorials on the phone. Read something interesting? Spin up an instance from your phone, write some code, see the results, make edits to deeply understand. Takes learning to the next level!
