Happy Father's Day.
The author, a father of twin boys, reflects on his fatherhood journey and compares himself to his own father, who seemed a natural leader. He shares a short story titled "Ode to my Father," written a decade ago, as a Father's Day tribute.
Background
- The author is Ibrahima Diallo, a software engineer and writer who runs the blog idiallo.com, which covers tech, data science, and personal essays.<br>- This is a short, personal Father's Day post from the author, not a tech article. The key content is a link to a story ("Ode to my Father") he wrote in 2016-2017, described as being about clocks — a metaphor for his father's love of timepieces and, likely, his steady presence.<br>- The author reflects on the gap between how effortlessly his father filled the role of "leader" and "strong man" for his family and community, and his own feeling of arriving at fatherhood without a clear sense of having "become" that person.<br>- The post is notable mainly for its quiet, relatable framing of a common generational anxiety among immigrant/community-oriented families, where the previous generation's competence can feel like a given rather than an achievement.