I Would Rather Publish 600 Useful Words
Fixed word counts made my writing longer, not better. I stopped aiming for 1,000+ words and started cutting until it hurt. The result: denser posts, better trust.
Thoughts
Notes on tech, work, and life from 11 years of building digital things. Less hot take, more slow take. 34 posts
The lineup I got wrong
One bad Saturday lineup showed me how quickly attitude and last year’s logic can override hard numbers, and how I changed my process afterward.
What a 90ms Font Swap Taught Me About Performance Budgets
A tiny 90ms font swap burned a full day of my attention and completely rewired how I think about performance budgets and where to spend effort.
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.
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.