Coaching Positions: How I Read 12-Year-Olds Before They Know Themselves
Try-out season is where 12-year-olds tell you who they are without using words. You just need to know where to look and how to listen.
Thoughts
Notes on tech, work, and life from 11 years of building digital things. Less hot take, more slow take. 19 posts
Running Family Logistics Like a Sprint Board in a WhatsApp Group
My partner and I run family logistics like a sprint, but our board lives in WhatsApp. No fancy app, no Notion setup. Just one group called “Fam” with a few simple rules.
Sovereign AI for Healthcare Records: Patient-First, Not Platform-First
I wanted to see if sovereign AI plus decentralized records could give patients actual control over their medical data, not just another privacy checkbox. This is the architecture I ended up sketching out.
The Mental Load After A Youth Baseball Loss (And How I Don’t Bring It Home)
Youth coaching looks light and fun from the fence. After a loss, it is not. This is how I decompress, process, and handle the parent dynamic without burning out.
Quiet Leadership in Youth Baseball: Coaching By Asking Better Questions
I stopped yelling instructions in youth baseball and started asking questions instead. The dugout got quieter, the kids got smarter, and the results surprised me.
Most U12 Baseball Practices Are Broken: Drill Reps vs Game Reps
Most U12 baseball practices look great on paper and produce awful in-game decisions. Here is the gap between drill reps and game reps, and how I try to fix it.
Baseball Analytics For U15 Coaches: Useful Data Without Trackman
How I track exit velocity, strikeout rate, and walk rate for U15 players using pocket radar, paper, and simple routines. No Trackman, no excuses.
20 Years of richardlemon.com – A Website Grows Up
What the Wayback Machine remembers about you – and what it says about where you're going.
How I Run a U12 Baseball Practice With 19 Kids (And Keep Them Focused)
How I structure a 90-minute U12 baseball practice for 19 kids and two assistants without losing my mind. The same attention and feedback tricks I use in code reviews now live on a dusty infield.
Why I Dropped MyFitnessPal And Switched To Eet Meter For Serious Calorie Tracking
I stopped using global calorie tracking apps and moved to the Dutch Eet Meter during a GLI trajectory. This is what actually worked with a real dietitian and real Dutch food.
Launching Crypto Klatsers: From Smart Contract to Live Domain in 24 Hours
Today was a milestone. I successfully launched Crypto Klatsers (KLT), the first unofficial crypto-currency dedicated to the city of Maastricht. It wasn't just about minting a token; it was about building the entire ecosystem from the ground up.
Surviving the Ghost 6 Upgrade on a DigitalOcean Droplet (A DevOps Adventure I Didn’t Ask For)
Upgrading Ghost should be simple, right?
ghost update → done.
Well, that’s what I thought. My server had other plans.