ABOUT • Life as Code

Our story: built on the shop floor.

Life as Code didn’t start in a lab. It started on a third shift — with real pressure: family weight, money stress, relationship strain, caregiver burnout — while keeping equipment running anyway.

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🌱 Our story

The Spare Parts Bin Revelation

2022: 3AM shift in an industrial automation facility. Elbow-deep in a malfunctioning robotic arm, clearing PLC errors while my own internal alarms were blaring: mom guilt, financial stress, relationship strain, caregiver burnout.

The moment I cleared an error code on the HMI, it hit me: the machine had a language for its struggle. Clear codes. Diagnostic protocols. Repair sequences. A maintenance crew.

The machine had:

Error codes
Diagnostics
Repair steps
A team

I had:

Confusion
Shame
“What’s wrong with me?”
Isolation + vague advice

“What if my life came with the same clarity as this machine I’m fixing?”

It took a year of nights and weekends combining industrial troubleshooting with lived experience — maintenance tech, mom, aunt, friend, sister, grandma, cousin. I tested protocols on myself first, then with coworkers, family, and community.

Life as Code was born not in a lab, but on the factory floor.
Built by someone who knows real solutions aren’t always pretty — they’re functional, reliable, and get the job done.

🎯 Our mission

To build the owner’s manual humanity never got — by applying industrial-grade diagnostic thinking to human experience. If we can troubleshoot a million-dollar automation line, we can debug a Monday morning.

We operate on shop-floor logic:

If it’s broken, there’s a reason (not a character flaw)
The best diagnostics come from the operators (that’s you)
Preventative maintenance beats emergency repair
Good systems work in real life, not just theory
Every complex machine needs a maintenance log (including humans)

🧠 Our philosophy

1) Diagnostic clarity over diagnostic labels actionable data

Medical model: “You have anxiety” (label)
Industrial model: “Error 305: Sensor Overload” (actionable data)

We don’t do labels. We do error codes — because “something’s wrong with me” isn’t a repair plan. Knowing what is overloaded and how to recalibrate it is.

2) Preventative maintenance schedules reduce breakdowns

Old thinking: Breakdown → Crisis → Emergency repair
Our system: Weekly PMs → Monthly inspections → Annual overhauls

Your mental health deserves scheduled maintenance the same way equipment does — because downtime is expensive whether it’s production lines or human lives.

3) Cross-trained operators systems work together

In the plant, electricians learn mechanical and mechanics learn PLC — because the best troubleshooters see the whole system. Here, you learn emotional, relational, and professional tools that work together — like departments on the same line.

🔧 Our approach

Built like industrial equipment repeatable + reliable

1) Identify the failure mode (symptoms, not shame)
2) Check the manual (error code library)
3) Follow the troubleshooting tree (step-by-step)
4) Document the repair (what worked + what didn’t)
5) Schedule the next PM (prevent the next breakdown)

No-nonsense, no-jargon real-life language

We speak maintenance-log clarity and break-room truth. No academic buzzwords. No corporate jargon. No inspirational fluff.

🧪 Want to see it work?

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Common error codes:
• LAC-101: Decision Fatigue Loop
• LAC-202: Connection Circuit Overload
• LAC-303: Purpose Alignment Error
• LAC-404: Boundary Firewall Failure
• LAC-505: Growth Update Stalled

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📞 Contact

Want help choosing your starting point? We’ll keep it simple and practical.

Implementation consult: 15 minutes • no pressure • just clarity
Email: support@lifeascode.com
Hours: Mon–Fri, 9–5 EST