Almost twenty years working in tech teach you a lot. They teach you to build products, understand markets, iterate fast, listen to users.
But it was with my youngest daughter that I understood what it really means to connect with a user.
I was at home, working remotely, juggling multiple projects, studying artificial intelligence through a new app. Games, financial products, tech experiments. She watched me work like that every day. Until one ordinary day, in the middle of all that, she turned to me and asked:
“Why have you never made an app for me?”
She stood there, looking at me, waiting. And I thought: she's right, why hadn't I?
I closed my laptop and said, “Let’s make one.”
What came next was better than any project I'd ever built. She wasn't just the inspiration. She was the researcher, the tester, the most honest critic I've ever had. She gave ideas, complained about what didn't work, celebrated what did. We built it together, and in the middle of the process I realized I was teaching her about my work while she was teaching me about hers: playing, learning, creating.
One app turned into two. I didn't want to stop this game anymore.
That's how Pinti was born: from a father who stopped everything to listen to the most important user of his life. My daughter loved it, and she's incredibly proud of what we built together. I hope your kids enjoy it as much as she did.
