Stories, software, and a life lived across several worlds
We are now here in Panama since Monday. As our container still has not arrived yet, we sleep in an empty apartment with just a mattress and live out of our suitcases. We are lucky though as we have several good restaurants right in front of the apartment building which is one of the high rises that make up the well-known skyline of Panama City.
We usually have breakfast at a small deli shop across the street. They offer empanadas filled with meat or chicken and heated sandwiches. Together with one or two cups of coffee with milk (half coffee, half milk) that's a good start into the day. I then head up the street about 200m to my office. As said earlier I enjoy the walking and am quite happy for the fact that I don't have to use a car to get to work.
Everything looks quite spacious with a lonely desk in there. I'm waiting for news from the shipping company whether the container has arrived at the port in Colon yesterday.
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Hello! My name is Stephan Schwab.
I build and rescue software, and I write fiction about the human side of how it gets made. Here you’ll find my stories and novelas, notes on craft, and field notes from a life lived across several worlds.
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