I’m Patrick Trang. I was born in Paris to Chinese parents and I live in upstate New York now.
For work I run production for a touring show. It’s a solo job on the road. No team to hand things to, twenty-some cities a season, a different venue and crew every week. That kind of work either teaches you to build systems or it breaks you.
So I build systems. Plain-text notes, schedules that run themselves, small automations that handle the boring parts. AI sits in the middle of all of it now, less as a chatbot and more as something that reads my files and does the work with me.
Three things show up here over and over:
- Travel. I go to places. I write down the ones worth remembering.
- Systems. How I keep a moving life from falling apart.
- AI. Where it actually saves time, and where it just feels busy.
I’m not here to sell you a method. I write down what I did, what worked, and what I’d skip. If one post saves you an afternoon, that’s the whole point.
A few things about how I think. I chase too many ideas, so my systems exist partly to protect me from myself. I care about building something that lasts longer than a quarter. And I’d rather show you one real example than explain a concept three ways.
Elsewhere
- Travel, done properly: Harmony in Gray (my wife Chelsea’s practice).