Mum's computer caught digital AIDS.

Set Mum up on Cursor. By Sunday her IDE had 14 popups, 3 hijack extensions, and a free trial for "AI Helper Pro." We started over.

Stephen·

I set Mum up on Cursor with the best intentions. By Sunday her machine had fourteen popups, three browser-hijack extensions, and an active free trial for something called "AI Helper Pro" that she did not remember installing.

We wiped it and started over, slower this time. The mistake was mine — I gave her a race car and a one-line tutorial.

The relationship lesson hiding in the tech one: helping someone isn't dumping your tools on them. It's meeting them where they are and going one step at a time. Which, funnily enough, is the whole site.

part ofStep 3 · RelationshipsRebuilding what the drink and the selfishness broke.