Focus on Family More Than Code

This article offers a personal reflection from a programmer who advises focusing on family more than code. The author recounts spending his twenties optimizing productivity and code at the expense of personal relationships, only to realize that code is never finished and family outranks all releases. He shares lessons like marrying someone who tells the truth, not making load-bearing anything you don't control, and treating beliefs as snapshots. The essay emphasizes that the mania of productivity often masks deeper issues, and that the house you live in matters more than the code you ship. It is a cautionary tale about work-life balance in the tech industry.