Tigran Hakobyan
I'm a software engineer working on the AI platform at Netflix. This site is the journal of my thoughts on things I find interesting — a place to make sense of the world.
If you're new here, start with one of the essays below.
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Recent writing
- Becoming an Adult, AgainOn fatherhood, losing the habit of finishing things, and what raising two toddlers teaches you about time, work, and adulthood.
- Your career after having kidsSome curious and surprising facts about you and your career after having kids.
- Looking Back to 2025Reflecting on last year and looking ahead to 2026. A year of toddler parenthood and busy work, with highlights including completing a half-ironman, starting a Substack blog, traveling to Europe, and plans for the year ahead.
- Building with Claude CodeThoughts on programming interfaces, agentic workflows, and the future of coding.