Hi, I'm Victor
Engineer, reader, and dad. I lead AI & Engineering at Boon AI (previously Apple Intelligence). Here I write about traveling with my family, technology, books, and what it means to live a good life.
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El Salvador with Kids: 5 Days of Adventure, Vomit, and Unexpected Familiarity
Our family of four spends 5 days in El Salvador on a budget, navigating rental car chaos, armed security everywhere, two vomiting kids, and discovers a country in the middle of a post-gang renaissance that feels surprisingly like Indonesia.
Why I Left Apple to join Boon
After seven years at Apple, I joined Boon, a logistics AI startup, seeking greater growth potential and leveraging a team with deep domain expertise that knows how to sell what I know how to build
Recent Posts
How I Made npm Impossible in Claude Code
After Claude ignored my CLAUDE.md instruction and switched to npm, I set up hooks that make it impossible for this to happen again.
Gemini Hallucinates Less When You Give It Python
Testing Gemini 3 Flash's new agentic vision feature with code execution
The CLAUDE.md Said 'Never Use npm.' Claude Used npm Anyway.
AI coding tools can ignore explicit project instructions under pressure, which is why human oversight and feedback loops still matter.
Estimation Isn't Impossible, Your Org Is Broken
Sean Goedecke's viral post on estimation describes a broken org, not reality. Here's what healthy estimation actually looks like.