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title: Eric in the Present
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[infinity]: https://iinteractive.com
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[nowff]: https://sivers.org/nowff
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[Derek Sivers]: https://sivers.org
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[profile]: https://nownownow.com/p/2ugf
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[/now]: https://nownownow.com
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[blog]: https://blog.kestrelsnest.social
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[mastodon]: https://toots.kestrelsnest.social/@eric
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[pics]: https://pix.kestrelsnest.social/@eric
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[locallygrown]: /posts/locallygrown-origin-story/
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[randomrecipe]: https://www.youtube.com/@RandomRecipeProject
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This page is all about what I am doing *now*. It was last updated on March 29, 2026, and will be edited as things change.
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## Where I am now
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Still living in Athens, GA in the home my partner and I bought several months into the pandemic. Same house, same neighborhood, same roots growing deeper.
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## Who I am around now
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Our house has three people and two cats. The people include me, my partner, and my youngest daughter who spends every other week with us—she's a sophomore in high school and doing great things. My eldest is now a senior at Georgia State University.
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We [lost Charlie](/posts/2023-07-24-goodbye,-charlie/) but our two remaining cats continue to keep me company while I'm working. You'll find plenty of photos of them in [my gallery][pics].
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## What I am doing now
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I just joined [Natera](https://www.natera.com) as a Staff Software Engineer. Natera is at the forefront of cell-free DNA testing, with work in oncology helping detect and fight cancers earlier and more effectively. After more than ten years at [Infinity Interactive][infinity]—the last several as VP of Technology—this is a big change, and a deeply personal one. Cancer took my mom. Writing code that plays even a small part in that fight is not something I could turn down.
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[LocallyGrown.net][locallygrown] has settled into a rhythm of steady improvements after the massive six-month migration from Rails 3 to SvelteKit. The infrastructure work is behind us; now it's about new features, better tools for market managers, and growing the platform that serves 70+ farmers markets.
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## What I am reading now
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Nearly finished with *Service Model* by Adrian Tchaikovsky — staying up too late every night because I can't put it down.
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## What I am playing now
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- **The Outer Worlds 2** — A whimsically dark RPG from Obsidian in the tradition of Fallout. Delightfully cynical corporate dystopia.
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- **Assassin's Creed: Valhalla** — Viking exploration on the Xbox.
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- **Gloomhaven** — Back at it after a two-month break. Approaching the endgame now, maybe three quarters through the story, and every scenario comes down to the wire.
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## What else?
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### Writing Again
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After months of silence, I'm writing regularly again. The words are flowing.
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### Creative Projects
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- Recording, editing, and posting cooking videos for the [Random Recipe Project][randomrecipe] again
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- Still have that corset vest sewing project waiting—fabric ready, pattern chosen
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- Leather working supplies sitting ready for when I find the time
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### Upcoming Events
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- **Natera lab on-sites** — Started a series of visits to labs in San Carlos and Austin to meet the teams and see the environments the software needs to work in.
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## Where my head is
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Two months into Natera. The learning curve is still steep but the work is clicking — I just shipped observability dashboards for a system going live for testing next week, and I'm about to fly to San Carlos to meet the team and see the lab in person. The creative projects that feed my soul are still in motion. Writing is happening. Gloomhaven is happening. New game stores are being discovered. Life is good.
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Checkout the [/now page movement][nowff] started by [Derek Sivers][]. You can get a
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[profile][] if you set up a `/now` page.
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[/now][] — so many people doing stuff in the now!
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