Day in the Life of a Remote Software Engineer (in NYC)

A productive day working remotely, plus an honest take on where AI coding helps, where it falls short, and what it changes about the craft.

I know, I know! It's been a minute. I was shocked to realize the last video was 7 months ago 🫪. This one gets back to the basics: a productive day in the life of a remote software engineer in New York.

I walk through a typical remote workday, from meetings and focused work to a conversation about how AI is changing the landscape, and even the feeling, of writing code. I also share an update on a personal iOS project I've been building: Beam, a task manager I'm excited to keep working on.

There's a new gym routine too. After more than five years of working out in smaller apartment gyms, I finally got a real gym membership. Having more equipment at my disposal has been a nice change and a genuinely motivating one. I've also been using a new app, Bevel, to keep an eye on my health metrics. Not sponsored or anything, I just really like it.

Finally, I get into some video editing and what it's actually like balancing engineering with a creator side hustle. I hope you enjoy the vlog being back. There's much more to come :)