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. The rest of the time I'm learning to make games, Uplift and Lifesworn, and I write at Notes. 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 postThou Shalt Not Kill*
I cry at the idea of war in 2026. This is about that grief, and about the eerie feeling I get looking at the faces of the people who keep the killing going.
I Don't Write the Code
I shipped a tower game in three days and started a sword game a week later. Claude wrote every line. Here is what I do, and why I'm saying it.
If I Separate the Art from the Artist
A poem about the strangers behind the art I love, and what my feelings about their art are really about.
Front 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?
Every post is also served as markdown. Older essays are on Medium.