What the Heck?

My son was two when we made his first browser game. He couldn't read. He couldn't type. He told me what the game should do, I typed it into Claude, and a red car appeared on screen.

Eight minutes later he was designing, iterating, and asking for changes. He's shipped more than a dozen games since on his own website.

That moment — watching a toddler go from "I watch things" to "I make things" — is what I write about.

I'm Mei. 12-year software dev, ex-engineering director, now stay-at-home mom. Raising Pixels is for parents who build things with their kids — or want to start.

Three pillars:

🧠 THINK — Your kid already thinks like a programmer. Sorting toys, asking "why" fourteen times, negotiating bedtime. I write about how to see it and feed it.

🔨 BUILD — Browser games with AI. Unplugged activities with cereal boxes. Real prompts, real results. Customized for whatever your kid is obsessed with this week.

🛠️ TOOLS — I have a 3-year-old who doesn't nap. If your coworker is three and wants to "help" with the keyboard, these are the workflows that survive.

One piece a week, short enough to read after bedtime. For a structured starting point, 12 Weeks of Tech Projects to Build With Your Kid covers hands-on computational thinking for ages 2-6.

Subscribe free. Build something. See what happens.

Reply to any post. My son and I read everything — though he's mostly interested in whether you made any vehicle games.

Play all his games: madladstudios.com

Shop curriculum and printables: buildwithyourkid.com

Find me: @meimakes on 𝕏