What the Heck?

I'm Mei, a software dev turned stay-at-home mom. After a decade of building systems in tech, I now build systems for the beautiful chaos of raising kids.

This newsletter started when my then-2-year-old toddler and I began making games with AI (he's shipped six and counting). He’s grown since then, and this place has too. I couldn’t help but feel I needed a home for all aspects of how I approach motherhood, so Systems Mama was born: a place for all the systems that make motherhood actually manageable.

I can't help it—I see systems in everything. Maybe it's the decade of software development, or maybe it's survival instinct with a toddler and another baby on the way. Either way, turning chaos into manageable patterns is how I stay sane. And it turns out, it works for everything… from getting a 2-year-old to eat more meat to installing IKEA-based architecture for corralling toy chaos.

So around here, I share:

• Printable activities and templates you can actually use

• Practical routines for growing families (tested on real, chaotic children)

• Tech education that makes sense for tiny humans

• Pregnancy and motherhood systems that actually work

• Non-toxic living without the overwhelm

Let's Connect

Have questions? Want to share what systems work for your family? Reply to any newsletter or email me at mei@systemsmama.com.

My toddler insists I mention that he's especially interested if you've made any vehicle games.

P.S. Yes, you can play all the games he's made. Fair warning: they're optimized for toddler joy, not sophisticated gameplay. But that's exactly the point.