Eric Wagoner
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This page is all about what I am doing now. It was last updated on May 2, 2026, and will be edited as things change.
Where I am now
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.
Who I am around now
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 about to graduate from Georgia State University.
We lost 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.
What I am doing now
I'm a Staff Software Engineer at Natera, working on lab management software for their histology labs. We just launched our new platform in the San Carlos lab — a real, live, twenty-four-hour-coverage cutover that landed boring, which is the best possible outcome a software launch can have. Now I'm deep in Datadog, expanding observability based on what real production users actually do, and gearing up for the Austin lab rollout next. The longer game: pushing into the broader oncology workflow as we replace the legacy system one lab and one workflow at a time.
LocallyGrown.net 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.
What I am reading now
Starter Villain by John Scalzi — palate cleanser after Service Model wrecked me in the best way.
What I am playing now
- The Outer Worlds 2 — A whimsically dark RPG from Obsidian in the tradition of Fallout. Delightfully cynical corporate dystopia.
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla — Viking exploration on the Xbox.
- 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.
What else?
Writing Again
After months of silence, I'm writing regularly again. The words are flowing.
Creative Projects
- Recording, editing, and posting cooking videos for the Random Recipe Project again
- Still have that corset vest sewing project waiting—fabric ready, pattern chosen
- Leather working supplies sitting ready for when I find the time
Upcoming Events
- Man or Astro-man? at the 40 Watt — Headlining the first day of a local-label music festival next weekend. My all-time favorite live band, and a rare treat these days.
- Vivian's graduation — Georgia State University, closing in fast.
- More Natera travel — Austin lab rollout next, with more trips to San Carlos and Austin ahead.
- Georgia Renaissance Festival — Spring season in full swing.
Where my head is
We launched. After two months of high stakes and adversarial gatekeepers, our team threw a switch and the new platform went live. It was beautifully boring — quality-of-life issues to patch, not fires to fight. I shared a 3 a.m. overnight shift with our Director and got to slip away on a quiet Monday to make my own pilgrimage to Apple Park. The launch validated everything still to come, and I can see clearly how to grow into the role I want from here. Life is good.
Checkout the /now page movement started by Derek Sivers. You can get a
profile if you set up a /now page.
/now — so many people doing stuff in the now!