Hi! I'm Antonio Rodríguez Martínez
On most of the internet I'm antoniwan. By day I'm a technical program manager at Stanley Black & Decker. I write essays at Notes, build small web things, and make music. Boricua in Florida, and a father, which is where most of the writing comes from.
Writing
I write at Notes: essays on fatherhood, philosophy, culture and work, and the recipes we cook at home.
Every postFront Row to the End of the World
I grew up watching the world end in Blockbuster movies. Now AI might do it for real, and I'd like to know who's in charge.
Panda and Wolf: Two Vaults to Map a Person
I set out to tidy an Obsidian vault and spend fewer tokens. A week later I had Panda and Wolf, one rule about honesty, and a question: am I mapping a person?
Redefining God
God is Dead. God is Love.
Briefly, on the Tao
A quote in my morning coffee books told me that the further I search the less I know, so I went and checked the Chinese, found it was not quite Lao Tzu, and spent the rest of the day proving its point.
Forging the 'Stronghand' Terminal — September 2026 Update
Sixteen months after building an elaborate Windows terminal, almost none of it is left. What sixteen months of actual usage revealed about this machine, and the small setup that survived.
Every post is also served as markdown. Older essays are on Medium.