One Engineer's Honest Takeon Tech, Career, and Life

Real stories, hard-earned lessons, and practical insights

Join me as I share 15+ years of navigating complex systems—both technical and human. Thoughts on engineering, AI, career growth, and staying grounded in our fast-moving world.

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Health & Wellness

Health & Wellness

How I approach fitness and health with an engineer's mindset—systems, data, and sustainable habits that actually work

AI & Automation

AI & Automation

My experiments with AI tools, what's working, what's hype, and how technology is reshaping how we work and think

Mental Optimization

Mental Optimization

Thoughts on clear thinking, decision-making frameworks, and the mental models that help navigate complexity

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A chaotic hospital bill transitioning into an organized engineering blueprint, representing the DadOps methodology.

When my daughter was born, the hospital bill was $30,000—and the real shock was how hard it was to predict what we’d actually owe. Six years later, I’m building DadOps to fix that. In Part 1, I show how I used two AI “coaches” plus a Reddit smoke test to pivot from a big idea to a simple MVP: a plan-comparison calculator.

Michael Sweatt
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