Software engineer turned building superintendent, still coding on the side. I write about building management, AI experiments, running, food, and life in Toronto.
L. J.
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Sometimes the best thing you can do for the building is leave it. My wife and I packed the car, pointed it north, and I tried something I'm genuinely not good at: switching off. Here's how that went.
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Failing your G driving test once stings. Failing it twice can feel like a wall you're never going to get over. But the road to passing isn't about talent — it's about identifying what's actually going wrong and fixing that specific thing before you go back.
A tenant wanted me to tear into the landscaping crew's guy right in front of her after her potted plants got cleared during a routine cleanup. I didn't. Here's why that decision matters more than most people realize — and what I did instead.
The last thing you want to see at 3:30 on a Friday is a supervisory alarm lighting up the fire panel. This week it happened twice, and the sump pump was the reason both times. Here's how that afternoon went.
RGI housing exists for people who have nothing else. When a periodic review reveals a tenant has been occupying a subsidized unit while owning occupied rental properties elsewhere, it stops being a grey area fast. This one's been sitting with me.