Robert F.P. Ludwick
@robert.ludwick.us
By day I am a seasoned software engineering leader. I am also a father & husband, video game enthusiast, general nerd, & technologist. Eater of 🍕, 🍣, & 🍜; terrible player of ⚽️🏒 sports.
https://ludwick.us
https://ludwick.us
Today is a "turn on Infected Mushroom music on shuffle and write a crapton of reviews, communications, documentation, and planning" kind of day.
January 16, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Today is a "turn on Infected Mushroom music on shuffle and write a crapton of reviews, communications, documentation, and planning" kind of day.
Recent study* confirms that unexpectedly napping in your office chair can cause you to be late to, or otherwise miss, meetings.
*Study was performed today, by me.
*Study was performed today, by me.
January 15, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Recent study* confirms that unexpectedly napping in your office chair can cause you to be late to, or otherwise miss, meetings.
*Study was performed today, by me.
*Study was performed today, by me.
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Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds
January 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds
Good save, kiddo. Good save.
7yo: We’re probably going to be two minutes late because of the traffic.
Me: No. Probably because you were dressing up your bear when I told you to get ready.
7yo: That’s what I meant; I’m the traffic. 😉.
Me: No. Probably because you were dressing up your bear when I told you to get ready.
7yo: That’s what I meant; I’m the traffic. 😉.
January 11, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Good save, kiddo. Good save.
I cut my thumb, requiring six stitches. I was putting a computer together with a friend. I was fitting in the motherboard case connector insert; it pushed out the opposite side and I jammed my thumb into the case edge.
I held a sock to it during the drive to the ER.
I held a sock to it during the drive to the ER.
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
😅
😅
January 6, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I cut my thumb, requiring six stitches. I was putting a computer together with a friend. I was fitting in the motherboard case connector insert; it pushed out the opposite side and I jammed my thumb into the case edge.
I held a sock to it during the drive to the ER.
I held a sock to it during the drive to the ER.
Why. To what end. Wegmans does not need biometric information from its customers for any legitimate reason.
Are you willing to hand over your biometric data next time you need some bananas? Wegmans has posted signs at its New York City stores warning customers that their biometric data is being collected.
Wegmans Is Watching You
Are you willing to hand over your biometric data next time you need some bananas? Wegmans has posted signs at its New York City stores warning customers that their biometric data is being collected.
www.grubstreet.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Why. To what end. Wegmans does not need biometric information from its customers for any legitimate reason.
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It really delights me how the most agreed upon Kpop Demon Hunters fanon lore is that the honmoon protected us all from 2012 catastrophes because PSY powered it when he dropped Gangnam Style
January 3, 2026 at 4:41 AM
It really delights me how the most agreed upon Kpop Demon Hunters fanon lore is that the honmoon protected us all from 2012 catastrophes because PSY powered it when he dropped Gangnam Style
Reflecting upon 2025…
a man wearing a white shirt that says old aloe rebel is asking what just happened
ALT: a man wearing a white shirt that says old aloe rebel is asking what just happened
media.tenor.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Reflecting upon 2025…
I was an extra on The Guild, and during filming I was standing in for one of the cast. @felicia.day took her spot in the scene next to me and proceeded to be quite silly in making faces before a take.
Bonus feel-good nugget - being an extra on The Guild led me to many of my closest friends in SoCal
Bonus feel-good nugget - being an extra on The Guild led me to many of my closest friends in SoCal
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I was an extra on The Guild, and during filming I was standing in for one of the cast. @felicia.day took her spot in the scene next to me and proceeded to be quite silly in making faces before a take.
Bonus feel-good nugget - being an extra on The Guild led me to many of my closest friends in SoCal
Bonus feel-good nugget - being an extra on The Guild led me to many of my closest friends in SoCal
He was a skeeter boi, she said “See you leeter boi”
December 28, 2025 at 4:48 AM
He was a skeeter boi, she said “See you leeter boi”
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Headphones for your second grader’s iPad are really a gift for the parents.
December 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Headphones for your second grader’s iPad are really a gift for the parents.
We played “Life’s a Happy Song” on my kiddo’s smart speaker. A couple songs later it, on shuffling “similar” music, played “Two Beavers Are Better Than One”
I’m sorry WHAT
I’m sorry WHAT
December 12, 2025 at 3:50 AM
We played “Life’s a Happy Song” on my kiddo’s smart speaker. A couple songs later it, on shuffling “similar” music, played “Two Beavers Are Better Than One”
I’m sorry WHAT
I’m sorry WHAT
Absolutely not. Because AI is *not* my dead relative. I will treasure the time I had with them, but AI - which stands for *artificial* intelligence - is not my family member.
It will never be me, either, if I have my druthers.
It will never be me, either, if I have my druthers.
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Absolutely not. Because AI is *not* my dead relative. I will treasure the time I had with them, but AI - which stands for *artificial* intelligence - is not my family member.
It will never be me, either, if I have my druthers.
It will never be me, either, if I have my druthers.
As rainy as it always is in Portland, I sure have been lucky in getting clear stretches on Wednesday evenings to take the wee one on stroller walks while her older sister does gymnastics.
December 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
As rainy as it always is in Portland, I sure have been lucky in getting clear stretches on Wednesday evenings to take the wee one on stroller walks while her older sister does gymnastics.
My insurance won’t cover my getting this vaccine, despite the fact that I have Ramsay Hunt syndrome from getting it once already.
December 9, 2025 at 6:18 AM
My insurance won’t cover my getting this vaccine, despite the fact that I have Ramsay Hunt syndrome from getting it once already.
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my kid got sick and then so did I: a parenting story
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 AM
my kid got sick and then so did I: a parenting story
Please tell me your favorite Christmas album, and why it is "John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together" music.apple.com/us/album/a-c...
A Christmas Together by John Denver & The Muppets on Apple Music
Album · 1979 · 13 Songs
music.apple.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Please tell me your favorite Christmas album, and why it is "John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together" music.apple.com/us/album/a-c...
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“I would name that dog ‘Extra Sauce’”
-7yo watching the Bloodhound on the dog show
-7yo watching the Bloodhound on the dog show
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“I would name that dog ‘Extra Sauce’”
-7yo watching the Bloodhound on the dog show
-7yo watching the Bloodhound on the dog show
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If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
It’s clearly a conspiracy aimed at my favorite holiday.
Or, y’know, the fact that kids are germ superfactories.
Or, y’know, the fact that kids are germ superfactories.
Last year I had pertussis and pneumonia on Thanksgiving while nursing and infant. So this year I’m…sick again.
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
It’s clearly a conspiracy aimed at my favorite holiday.
Or, y’know, the fact that kids are germ superfactories.
Or, y’know, the fact that kids are germ superfactories.
My childhood best friend and I were competitive with each other. He didn’t yet have Internet access and I did. So I decided to make a website, because he couldn’t one-up that.
November 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
My childhood best friend and I were competitive with each other. He didn’t yet have Internet access and I did. So I decided to make a website, because he couldn’t one-up that.