Who puts rice in a pineapple?

I did say to myself in the 1st week of September, after the launch of Metrifox that I’ll make a Youtube video every week to document my journey as CTO and Co-founder. Oh, how easy that was!

Guess how many videos I’ve made so far? Two!!! 🙈.

I made the first one that week talking about the 8hr call before the Metrifox launch, and the second one a month later, talking about my Budapest/Bucharest airport saga.

I swear, I thought it will be easy to do. In my head, all I had to do was take my phone, hit the record button and say my piece as to what was going on that week with us. Who needed to do a retake? I wouldn’t need to appear really good on camera, after all this wasn’t a fashion show. And because I want to be honest and sincere, we won’t be making any cuts. Just a truly unfiltered video about life as a builder.

Oh, how wrong I was! Between meetings with engineers and the product team, trying to iterate fast, serving as the core backend engineer, hopping on calls with potential clients who want custom pricing breakdowns and endless features, and having two kids to care for… making a video about my week quickly became the last thing on my mind.

Mind you, this is not the first time I’d try to start making Youtube videos and fail woefully. I tried about a year ago, but the work required was just too much I quit.

Yeah right, you can say I’m just making excuses and I was never really a serious person (maybe you’re right). But hey, when I give excuses, it’s fine, but when someone else does, it’s sheer incompetence. The world is not fair, I know, don’t blame me for it 🌚

Why are we even here?

Because writing is so much easier!! You don’t have to look “presentable”. You don’t have to redo the whole thing if something doesn’t come out right (thank you, backspace). You don’t have to make sure you get it right the first time. Brah, you can always edit after publishing, and if it’s so bad, then you can just hide the piece 😂

So, what have I been up to?

The funny thing is my weeks are often so crazy I can’t remember what I did at the start of the week. Nevertheless, every Friday, we have our catch-up meetings where we play games, have fun and try to decompress.

Recently, I started a new challenge: two team members cook a meal, send me pictures before the call, and everyone else votes for which one looks tastier. And yes, we vote purely based on appearance! What? How else would you suggest we voted? You want us to visit their homes and taste it? No thanks, I’d rather not risk catching diarrhoea on my way home 😭

The Fried Rice Challenge

Last week, the chosen dish was fried rice.

When I received the pictures, I was stunned! Wait what? Who brings a bazooka to a knife fight? Y’all be taking this thing to a whole new level. This challenge was dishing out no medals, I didn’t think it was this serious!

I know you’re wondering, “Why is AB being so dramatic?”. Well, you will too when you see the photo. Someone put the rice in a pineapple!! A pineapple 🍍!!

At first I thought it was a pineapple shaped plate, and then I looked more closely and lo and behold, it was a real pineapple.

It was at that point I remembered! The other contestant had bragged about being a “world class chef”. He said he didn’t think anyone could beat him. He was the chief of all delicacies, and cooking was his hobby. In that moment, I got it!

When you’re faced with that kind of opponent, what do you do? You go the extra mile! You pull in a pineapple if you have to. You don’t make excuses like AB about why she can’t make videos. You do what no one expects you to do.

Needless to say, she won! And by a landslide. I won’t even show you the other plate. 😂

My Pineapple Moment

This is why I’m now going to do what no one expects me to do. I’m not going to sit here and pine (pun intended), when I can just take action.

I’m going to ask you to subscribe to my newsletter 👇🏾

This is so I can keep you updated on what’s happening with me and Metrifox, even though this is my first post in a long while and you absolutely have no idea if I’m going to keep up with this, or ghost you for another 3 months 🤪

But hey, that’s part of the fun! ’Til next time, adios 👋🏾