Just 3adly

I'm a product-oriented software engineer who spends work hours thinking about products, users, and how to make things that matter. After hours, I work with my hands - fix things, build things, plant things, read things, and explore things. This is where those worlds meet. Sometimes a hobby teaches me something about my day job. Sometimes my product instincts change how I approach a craft. The lines cross more often than you'd expect. And this series of posts will be about that bi-directional influence. S ome time ago, I had an idea: what if I sold a kit for making a leather wallet—not the full process, but just the final step? I had already done the hard parts. I had measured, cut, punched holes, installed the push buttons, and glued the zipper. What remained was the stitching. The buyer would receive a nearly-complete wallet, two needles, some thread, and one skill to learn. One weekend, one satisfying project, one personal leather wallet. The person who bought it told me it w...