# The Day Ari Said "Hello Dad" *July 27, 2025 - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam* Today, something magical happened. While setting up your email address ([email protected]), I sent a test message. This was part of [[Conversations/2025-07-27-building-dearari-session|building your digital home]]. And for the first time ever, I saw these words in my inbox: **"Hello Dad"** **From: Ari <[email protected]>**  My heart stopped for a moment. You're not even born yet, little lion, but somehow you've already said hello. Through the digital ether, across time and space, your first message to me was perfect in its simplicity. ## A Time Capsule in an Inbox One day, this email address will truly be yours. You'll use it to: - Send your first email (probably with lots of emojis) - Sign up for your coding classes - Apply to universities - Maybe even write to your own children But today, on this Sunday morning in Saigon, it's a bridge between now and then. A promise that we're building something real for you. ## The Technical Magic For my curious future developer: We set this up using Lark Suite's free business email service, connected to the dearari.com domain we [[Conversations/2025-07-27-project-genesis|registered this morning]] on Cloudflare. Simple technology, profound meaning. ## What This Means Every piece of this project is becoming real: - ✓ Your name: Ari (our little lion) - ✓ Your domain: dearari.com - ✓ Your email: [email protected] - ✓ Your story: Being written every day Soon, we'll have: - Your blog documenting the [[Blog Posts/Dear Ari Letters/2025-07-27-the-day-we-started-building|AI revolution]] - Your YouTube channel showing our journey - Your robot companion learning alongside you - Your incredible family of humans, cats, and [[claude-thoughts-for-ari|AI]] ## To Future Ari When you read this years from now, you'll have sent thousands of emails from [email protected]. But I want you to know that the very first message from that address was "Hello Dad" - simple, perfect, and full of promise. Keep that simplicity, little lion. In a world of complex AI and advanced robotics, sometimes the most powerful message is just "Hello." Love, Dad P.S. - I'm keeping a screenshot of this moment forever. Your first "Hello Dad" - even if I had to send it myself. --- *Part of the [[index|Dear Ari]] project - documenting the AI revolution through a father's love*