Hi, I'm Victor
Engineer, reader, and dad. CTO at Boon AI, previously Apple Intelligence. Writing about family adventures, technology, books, and living well.
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El Salvador with Kids: 5 Days of Adventure, Vomit, and Unexpected Familiarity
Our family of four spends 5 days in El Salvador on a budget, navigating rental car chaos, armed security everywhere, two vomiting kids, and discovers a country in the middle of a post-gang renaissance that feels surprisingly like Indonesia.
Why I Left Apple to join Boon
After seven years at Apple, I joined Boon, a logistics AI startup, seeking greater growth potential and leveraging a team with deep domain expertise that knows how to sell what I know how to build
Recent Posts
My Claude Code Plugin Stack After Months of Trial and Error
My full plugin stack after months of trial and error, why I only install from the official store, and what I tried and dropped.
Hand Tools, Power Tools, and the AI Coding Debate
What my late friend Paul's hand-tool woodworking philosophy taught me about the AI coding debate
Curiosity Is the Only Skill AI Can't Replace
Anthropic's study shows AI coding tools cut learning by 17%, but the real finding is that curiosity determines everything.
How I Made npm Impossible in Claude Code
After Claude ignored my CLAUDE.md instruction and switched to npm, I set up hooks that make it impossible for this to happen again.