Sprited - November

It’s been a month since my last update. The pas few weeks were a perfect storm: my mother visiting for a month, kid’s vacation, holidays, final projects, exams — all landing at the same time. I was fully submerged in life’s chaos.

November

Looking back, this ended up being one fo the most expensive holidays I’ve ever experienced — not just in money, but in time, mental capacity, and physical strength.

On the financial side, we took my parents to Pebble Beach and around the Bay Area, trying to make their visit special. At the same time, I felt a constant mental tug-of-war: wanting to fully take care of my mom while also juggling final projects and exams. When my dad arrived later, I wanted everything to be perfect for him too. But the reality was that I was exhausted. I even skipped our planned Thanksgiving dinner trip to Monterey because my body simply said no more.

Physically, it was chaos. My kid got sick, then my mother, then me, then my wife. Five people under one roof — a perfect transmission loop. And all the while assignments and deadlines didn’t stop. I was submitting homework between taking temperatures and disinfecting the house.

Academically, things weren’t smooth either. My final project on debiasing models took far longer than expected, and the “simple fix” from the paper didn’t work as cleanly in practice. It was a team project, so giving up wasn’t an option. On top of that, my ADGM exam required full mathematical proofs under time pressure.

But the hardest part was emotional: having my mom here for over a month. She is the kindest person I know — she never judges, never criticizes. Yet I still felt like I was being watched, like I needed to present the best version of myself. I cleaned the house before my dad arrive, shoving things into my room to make the living room perfect…only for him to sleep in that same room and see the disaster I hid. I felt embarrassed — I’m forty, and somehow still felt like a kid trying to impress my parents.

And layered underneath all this was the quiet knowledge that her health isn’t what it used to be. She beat cancer, but long trips are harder now. This might be the last year she visits us from Korea, and the truth weighed heavily on me.

So, Sprited was on hold. Not by choice. Just…life overwhelmed every corner at once, and I was trying to get everyone, including myself, safely though the storm.

Plan for December

I’m gonna get back to working on Sprited. I had the goal of releasing Alpha version of SpriteDX to public on Dec 23, 2025. I will probably have to re-plan this somewhat.

— Sprited Dev 🌱