Digital Garden

Now

Updated May 3rd, 2026, from London

London, Cambridge, and old friends

Currently in London on a trip, spending time with friends here and in Cambridge. I'm pleasantly surprised by the city. It feels more alive, charming, and interesting than I expected.

Work

Working on Recurrente.com, a payments platform based in Guatemala with the mission to bring economic prosperity to the region.

AI agents & agentic engineering: I'm still excited about what the future holds in agentic engineering. I feel like I'm exploring the frontier of how to restructure a software engineering org from first principles: how to avoid fatigue, where human judgment matters most, and how to keep these powerful tools in check. I recently switched from Claude Code to Codex as my main coding tool, and I'm enjoying it a bit more. We've written more code in the last month than in the last five years combined, and it's important for those lines to count for something. The goal is to keep building something people want, pace ourselves, listen to users, and design magical experiences.

Entertainment

Anime I'm a late bloomer into anime, currently watching Dan Da Dan and Evangelion.

Gaming Loving the game Blue Prince. I love puzzle games and the dynamic/pacing of this one in particular has been spectacular

Life

Rituals: I'm interested in how rituals can shape human behavior, inspired by Cambridge colleges and formal dinners. Repeated forms, shared spaces, and collective attention can turn ordinary moments into something meaningful.

Kitesurfing: Kitesurfing in Atitlán.


This is a now page

© 2026 Max Holzheu