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February 2, 2026

No Power, No WiFi, No Restaurants: How a City-Wide Outage Turned Our Work Trial into an Epic Adventure

No Power, No WiFi, No Restaurants: How a City-Wide Outage Turned Our Work Trial into an Epic Adventure

So glad we can finally share this now that things have settled.

Joshua Schiller showed up on Saturday night, Dec 20 at 7pm, right as the great SF power outage hit.

For his work trial. This was our first in-person interaction.

There was no wifi so we couldn't do any work.

Ok, let's grab dinner instead. But every restaurant was closed. No power. No Toast iPads. No food.

We wandered until we found a neighborhood with wifi just so we could call an Uber.

Ubered to a hotel downtown that actually had power. (Shoutout CitizenM.)

Ate sushi. Worked in the hotel until 10pm when the power came back. Then back to the crib.

Definitely not a traditional work trial.

But the most eventful moments in life usually mean something bigger. I don't believe in coincidences.

Josh rolled with every curveball that night. No complaints and great vibes.

That told us everything we needed to know.

Josh killed the trial and officially started with us last week.

Welcome aboard, Joshua. We're so happy to have you.

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