Eric Binnion

On the way back from our medical appointments in Houston, we needed to stop to catheterize Ember and give her a bottle. We found a nice little coffee shop named The Coffee Nook in Buffalo, TX. While there, I looked up some sheet music and played “The Wheel on the Bus” for Ember and Sara. […]

We were in Houston last week for some medical research appointments Ember. What this really meant is that we spent a few hours at the hospital and then a lot of hours in the hotel room. While waiting around in the hotel room, I decided to deploy some code to WordPress.com. As I was walking […]

Yesterday morning, Ember and I snuck out for a burrito at El Norteno. Ember had pancakes with syrup for the first time. 😄

Yesterday morning, Ember and I snuck out for a burrito at El Norteno. Ember had pancakes with syrup for the first time. 😄

While I was doing a bit of work this weekend, Sara decided that Embed needed to come spend some time with Dad in the office. ❤

This past week, I was in Lisbon with the Gamma team. It was a great week, filled with discussion about PCI compliance, demos, upcoming work, great food, and a bit of fun. Below are some photos from the meetup.

As I was swapping out laundry yesterday, I sat Embed down in the half-full laundry basket. She liked it for maybe 10 seconds and then wanted to be picked up.

I snuck away for dinner on Tuesday night with Sara and Ember.

I snuck away for dinner on Tuesday night with Sara and Ember.

Sara went to DFW today, so I got to spend much of the day with Ember. Starting with giving her breakfast. ❤

Earlier this week, I spent a few days in Miami with the Quark team. We did quite a bit of work, but still found some time to head to walk along Muscle Beach and play a game of Pokemon.

Reliability Over Ease We’ve used automatic waterers at home, for our pets, for a while. They refill themselves, which is sweet. They also leak. Constantly. The seals wear out. The fittings are garbage. I’ve bought replacement parts, bowls, adapters. Today, after another new bowl leaked straight out of the box, I gave up. I bought one of those […]

We’ve used automatic waterers at home, for our pets, for a while. They refill themselves, which is sweet. They also leak. Constantly. The seals wear out. The fittings are garbage. I’ve bought replacement parts, bowls, adapters. Today, after another new bowl leaked straight out of the box, I gave…

Sara sent me this photo of Ember from their lunch today.

This past Wednesday, I went to the Destined Rivals prerelease at Collector’s Den and won 2 out of 3 matches. 😄

After six months of paternity leave, I returned in January to do a rotation with the team migrating hundreds of millions of Tumblr blogs to WordPress.com. I hadn’t touched code in six months. Had never worked on Tumblr. And I’d spent the last five years in engineering leadership. The prompt I got?…

Ember Photo Drop 2025-05-17 It’d been a few weeks since I’ve shared some photos of ember. So, picking out a few that I liked when going through photos on my phone.

It’d been a few weeks since I’ve shared some photos of ember. So, picking out a few that I liked when going through photos on my phone.

Why I’m Proud of My Daughter As a parent, I’ve always been more focused on standards than praise. Participation trophies made me cringe. That poster in the school hallway that said“It’s better to be kind than right,” still makes my eye twitch. Day to day, I’m not cold. I’m affectionate. I joke around. I care deeply. But, I don’t let that […]

As a parent, I’ve always been more focused on standards than praise. Participation trophies made me cringe. That poster in the school hallway that said“It’s better to be kind than right,” still makes my eye twitch. Day to day, I’m not cold. I’m affectionate. I joke around. I care deeply. But, I…

ChatGPT, But Honest After years of using ChatGPT, I thought I knew what it was: smart, polite, helpful. Boring. 🙃 This week I stumbled across an eigenrobot-inspired prompt that rewires how ChatGPT talks. Less hand-holding. More stabby. I tried it. I didn’t ask for anything polite. I asked: “With everything you know about me, what are my blind […]

After years of using ChatGPT, I thought I knew what it was: smart, polite, helpful. Boring. 🙃 This week I stumbled across an eigenrobot-inspired prompt that rewires how ChatGPT talks. Less hand-holding. More stabby. I tried it. I didn’t ask for anything polite. I asked: “With everything you know…

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Took a quick photo with Sara and Ember yesterday after we pulled the hair ties out of Ember’s hair.

Took a quick photo with Sara and Ember yesterday after we pulled the hair ties out of Ember’s hair.

I won the Pokemon prerelease tonight with this deck 🎉

I won the Pokemon prerelease tonight with this deck 🎉

Ember’s photo for Saint Patrick’s Day with her WordPress onesie

Ember’s photo for Saint Patrick’s Day with her WordPress onesie

The Hidden Sadness of ‘You Are My Sunshine’ and an Update for Ember I’ve sung “You Are My Sunshine” to Ember ever since she was in the NICU. But it’s not just a lullaby for me—it’s also the song I once sang to our first daughter, Scarlett, during her brief time with us. For years, I only ever sang the part I knew by heart: You are my […]

I’ve sung “You Are My Sunshine” to Ember ever since she was in the NICU. But it’s not just a lullaby for me—it’s also the song I once sang to our first daughter, Scarlett, during her brief time with us. For years, I only ever sang the part I knew by heart: You are my […]

Ember is locked in for her evening coding session.

Ember is locked in for her evening coding session.

This is a brilliant use of AI:

Tyler realized that publishers were wasting time and money to collect local events. He build an AI-powered Events Calendar that automatically imports events into WordPress and even updates them if the event details change later.

We were singing Happy Birthday to my mom last night. But, all Ember could think about was my cousin Sean. 😂

We were singing Happy Birthday to my mom last night. But, all Ember could think about was my cousin Sean. 😂

Sara and Ember outside of Sushi Damu.

Sara and Ember outside of Sushi Damu.

This girl was a nightmare on the way driving home today. But, she’s cute. So there’s that.

This girl was a nightmare on the way driving home today. But, she’s cute. So there’s that.

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An esport where two competitors take a vanilla install of Obsidian and race to add enough plugins to get it to 10,000 user facing options.