I started building Motherboard when my kids were one, three, and five — deep in the years where shoes are outgrown before the tags come off, the same size gets bought twice because nobody can remember what they wore last week, and the soccer cleats only stop fitting fifteen minutes before the game.
Before I became a parent, I had no idea that inventory was part of the job. Everyone warns you about the love and the chaos. Nobody mentions the running mental list of what each kid owns, what still fits, what season is coming, and what needs to be replaced before you actually need it.
With three kids, that list outgrew my head. So I built somewhere for it to live instead.