Field notes from the studio
Founder and serial entrepreneur. Tech geek, hands-on builder. Husband and dad. Writing on the practice of building — and the quieter art of showing up.
Plate №01
Made with in Budapest
Rooted in Switzerland
Happily in Mauritius
№026 · The Dispatch
Day trips from Tamarin, with travel times, transport, places to eat, and a map to help plan your stay.
Section II
05 Sept 2026 4 min read
The first Duckies semester showed that group coaching works. It also showed why parents need to get in the water, and gave us the start of a granola business.
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29 Aug 2026 5 min read
Estelle is doing her internship with Sunset Duckies. Her project is to turn a granola idea into a tested product and launch it with the October surf competition.
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18 Jun 2026 9 min read
I recently stared at a PR so large my laptop struggled to render the diff. The code looked clean, the tests existed, and still nobody could reasonably review it.
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31 May 2026 5 min read
The board looked finished on land. The real test was paddling it out at Tamarin with other kids watching, and surfing it like his.
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30 May 2026 5 min read
After watching a team turn the agents off to escape a production failure, I wanted rules that survive contact with Monday morning.
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30 May 2026 23 min read
Noah's first custom surfboard is finished. Three months of foam dust, slow sanding, waiting, spray paint, one duck he drew, and a logo style the kids argued into shape together.
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