Hi! I'm Lester, and I like to make things and write about them.
Software engineer turned building superintendent, still coding on the side. Based in Toronto with my wife. I bake bread, cook, eat out too much, and travel whenever we can. This is where I write about all of it.
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Garbage compactor misuse is one of the most persistent and costly problems in multi-residential buildings — and ignoring it only makes it worse. From metal frames to Christmas trees, here's what I've learned from dealing with it firsthand and what's actually helped cut it down.
Nobody warned me that the hardest part of this job wouldn't be the boilers or the work orders — it would be the people, and how much of their weight I'd end up carrying home. This isn't a post about solutions. It's about naming something that doesn't get named enough in this line of work.
After a month off from a knee injury, I laced up and headed back out — but this time I walked the whole kilometre instead of running it. No heroics, no shortcuts. Just one step at a time, and a few hard lessons I probably should have learned a long time ago.
Trust isn't something you can manufacture or fake in this profession. As a building superintendent, your character shows in the small moments — and those moments add up to something that either earns you respect or quietly costs you it. Here's why honesty is the most practical tool I carry.
Failing your G driving test once stings. Failing it twice can feel like a wall you're never going to get over. But the road to passing isn't about talent — it's about identifying what's actually going wrong and fixing that specific thing before you go back.